A mischievous youth encounters a runaway slave and together they travel down the Mississippi in search of adventure, in the classic novel accompanied by essays by Van Wyck Brooks and Carl Van Doren.
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical background of the story.
Young Edward VI of England and a poor boy are the same age and share the same features. When chance brings the boys together, they decide for fun to switch clothes. Each learns something about the other's very different station in life.