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Along the banks of the great Mississippi River, a young boy named Samuel Clemens raced to the docks whenever he heard that familiar cry. He dreamed of exploring the world beyond his river town. Little did he know that one day he would become the famous writer Mark Twain, and write about his boyhood adventures along the bustling river waterfront in the classic stories The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Sam's exploits take him from the printing presses of the Hannibal Courier to the decks of the steamboats that travel the mighty Mississippi, and even to the Wild West. Now noted historian William Anderson tells the colorful story of Sam's life as he grows from a mischievous boy into the enterprising author. Dan Andreasen's fresh, vibrant paintings capture the spirit of the storyteller who will live on forever as one of America's literary icons.

「汽船靠岸囉！」在密西西比河的河岸上，有一個小男孩名叫山姆．克雷門斯。他常常想著，有朝一日，一定要離開河畔小鎮，出去闖蕩天下，見見世面。他從地方報紙的印刷工做起，後來成為密西西比河的汽船領航員；他甚至還跟著淘金的人潮，跑到偏遠的美國大西部探險！可是他做夢也沒想到，在發表短篇故事〈卡城名蛙〉後，竟然成為大名鼎鼎的作家馬克．吐溫。他把自己童年的冒險趣事，寫成膾炙人口的文學名著：《湯姆歷險記》。讓我們跟著歷史學家威廉．安德森，一起來看看小頑童變成大作家的精采故事吧！