Following on from the adventures of tom sawyer (1876) and adventures of huckleberry finn (1884-5) tom sawyer abroad 1894 became one of mark twain's most populer books. again we meet his world famous characters: tom sawyer, nigger jim, and huck finn- together now on a fantastical ballon journey across the atlantic to meet lions and bedouins inthe sahara and retrace something of twains own expedition to the holy land in his best selling the innocentd abroad.