[DOC] [TLE] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Wikipedia [PAR] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young 
boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. 
Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, ... He skips school to swim and is 
made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades 
his... [DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain - Writer - Biography.com [PAR] Sep 1, 2016 ... He based his fictional works "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and ... his family 
moved to nearby Hannibal, a bustling town of 1,000 people. ... on the Mississippi 
River, was in many ways a splendid place to grow up. ... Hannibal inspired 
several of Mark Twain's fictional locales, including "St. Petersburg" in... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Context [PAR] Hannibal would become the model for St. Petersburg, the fictionalized setting of 
... The young Clemens grew up in a prosperous familyhis father owned a 
grocery ... Twain based The Adventures of Tom Sawyer largely on his personal ... 
In his preface to the novel, he states that [m]ost of the adventures recorded in this
... [DOC] [TLE] About The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - CliffsNotes [PAR] Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, a dusty, quiet town built on a bluff ... This is 
the town--renamed St. Petersburg in the novel--that Tom and Huck and the ... is 
an actual island located just south of the town, close to the Illinois side of the river
. ... In Tom Sawyer, he is content with mild admonitions about the human race. [DOC] [TLE] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Annotated) - CreateSpace [PAR] Jun 4, 2016 ... It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, ... by 
his penname Mark Twain, was a famous American author and humorist. ... Twain 
grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for "Huck Finn" ... 
published in 1865 and based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in... [DOC] [TLE] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - CreateSpace [PAR] Jan 22, 2016 ... It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, 
where Twain lived. ... Back in school, Tom gets himself back in Becky's favor after 
he ... by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He ... 
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for... [DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain [PAR] He was one of 6 children, unfortunately most of his siblings died at a young age 
... Hannibal inspired the fictional town of St. Petersburg in The Adventures of Tom 
... Roughing It, one of Twain's non-fiction novels describes his journey out ... 
Mark Twain grew up in Missouri, which at the time was a slave state; In 1888 he 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain & Huckleberry Finn - Archives and Special Collections ... [PAR] A key part of that experience was his growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, during ... 
home town, and his experiences there, than does Adventures of Huckleberry 
Finn. ... Huck Finn begins in St. Petersburg, and several of its important early 
scenes, such ... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was Mark Twain's first novel (the 
first he... [DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain, 1835-1910 - Documenting the American South [PAR] Clemens, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910) Writer. ... was born 30 
November 1835 in the border state of Missouri and grew up in Hannibal, ... 
names of his youth, he chose "St. Petersburg" as the name for his fictional river 
town,... [DOC] [TLE] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Mark Twain: 9781522778073 ... [PAR] Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne 
Clemens, was an ... It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by 
Hannibal, Missouri, ... He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its 
sequel, Adventures of ... Twain grew

Question: This novelist based the fictional town of St. Petersburg on Hannibal, where he grew up
Answer: Mark Twain