CHILDREN’S FICTION

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CHILDREN'S FICTION

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

(ENGLISH ? FRENCH ? GERMAN - SPANISH)

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STORY BACKGROUND

In Mark Twain's famous tale, the cave scenes come in late in the story. Becky, Tom, and their classmates go on a picnic along the shores of the Mississippi and afterwards it is decided to go explore the cave.

"Tom and Becky get separated from the others and wander lost in the extensive cave complex for the next few days. Becky gets extremely dehydrated and starved, so Tom's search for a way out gets even more desperate. He accidentally encounters Injun Joe in the caves one day, but he is not seen by his nemesis.

"Eventually, he finds a way out, and they are joyfully welcomed back by their community. As a preventive measure, Judge Thatcher, Becky's father, has McDougal's Cave sealed off with an iron door, but this traps Injun Joe inside. When Tom hears of the sealing several days later he directs a posse to the cave, they find

Injun Joe's corpse just inside the sealed entrance, starved to death.

"A week later, having deduced from Injun Joe's presence at McDougal's Cave that the villain must have hidden the stolen gold inside, Tom takes Huck to the cave and they find the box of gold, the proceeds of which are invested for them." (Anon. 2018)

Mark Twain (born Samuel L. Clemens) grew up in Hannibal, Missouri and was very acquainted with the labyrinthine passages of nearby McDougal's Cave. Now a show cave called Mark Twain Cave, it "was little known outside of the immediate Hannibal region until 1876, when Twain's landmark novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published." (Anon. 2019)

Mark TWAIN

For some reason, Tom Sawyer was especially popular in Germany, where twelve readings and audio books were released on LPs and CDs.

Several different recorded performances in English, French, and German were examined and found not to include the cave scenes, so these were not included here nor will they be mentioned in the section on Not Spoken Word recordings. Of course, many other readings of this classic have been recorded since 2005, especially n German, but you will have to find these for yourself.

This illustration by Norman Rockwell was included in the Heritage Press Illustrated Bookshelf edition.

Ref: Anon. 2018, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Wikipedia Anon. 2019, Mark Twain Cave, Early History, Wikipedia Mark Twain, Biography, Wikipedia Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 31-32, cliffsnotes Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 33-34, cliffsnotes Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Symbol of the Cave & Cave Quotes, litcharts Mark Twain Cave, History, Home Site, marktwaincave

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PERFORMED IN ENGLISH

In chronological order

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SWC-AV-TS1 United States 1949

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Concluded)

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: John A. Richards (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain)

Mus. Arr: Norman Leyden

Nar: Ralph CAMARGO (reader)

Mus. Cond: Norman Leyden Prod. Co: RCA Victor; Camden, NJ Time: (Total ? Both sides) 8:23 1. 78: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

RCA Victor (Bluebird Children's) BY 13 10" 78rpm (Side 2) 2. EP: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER RCA Victor (Bluebird Children's) WBY 13 7" 45rpm (Side 2) Notes: This is an extremely abridged version of the original text with musical bridges that does not followed the original plot lines and tends to change and shorten incidents to fit the allotted running time. However, this performance represents the first known recorded version of Tom Sawyer to include the cave scenes, rearranged to suit the adapter. Cave scenes start on sample at 6:30 ? Tom invited Becky along to the picnic. Becky: "Do you really think Indian Joe put the treasure in the cave." Twisting underground passageways. Tom: "I can't see the entrance to the cave anymore. Becky, We're lost!" Later Tom says: "Becky, we're (right here) with the treasure." Becky: "That's Wonderful. Now, let's go back." Tom and Becky wandered underground. They'd almost given up. When they made a turn in the passageway and then... Tom: "Oh, a light. There's the entrance; We're safe!"

The 7-inch 45rpm single was first introduced on the market by RCA Victor in 1949. (Anon. 2014) So this record, as you can see by the catalog number, was among those first issues; it probably dates to late 1949 in that other 45 releases in this catalog number range (RCA Victor Prefix 50 & especially Bluebird Prefix 30 & Prefix 31) have all been dated by Daniels to that precise period. (Daniels 1985) RCA continued to release the exact same recordings on 78rpm shellac discs, but since 45 singles cost more than a 78rpm single people tended to buy the 78 because they already had a record player that could play them. Ref: Anon. 2014, 45rpm Record Turns Sixty, Record Collectors Guild, recordcollctorsguild Anon. 2015, Single (music), Types, Wikipedia Daniels, William R. 1985, The American 45 and 78 RPM Record Dating Guide, 1940-1959, Greenwood Press,

Westport, CN, p. 118 Ralph Camargo, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer EP, 45cat Ralph Camargo, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, (8:23), YouTube (COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE)

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SWC-AV-TS2 United States ca.1965

TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: (?) (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain) Perf: Miller McCLINTOCK (reader)

Prod. Co: Sound Book Press Society Inc.; Scarsdale, NY Time: (?) LP: TOM SAWYER

Sound Book MSB 60020 (mono) 12" 33rpm Notes: This is an abridged version of the original text. The reading is done without interpretation, interpolation, or sound effects. This performance has not been heard, so it is not known if it includes the cave scenes. The porcelain figurine shown here was based on the Norman Rockwell illustration, "Tom, we're lost !"

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SWC-AV-TS3 United States 1966

TOM SAWYER ?

THE PICNIC

IN THE CAVE

THE DEATH OF INJUN JOE

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: (?) (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark

Twain)

Perf: Ed BEGLEY (reader)

Prod. Co: Caedmon Records; New York, NY

E. BEGLEY

Liner Notes: Justin Kaplan Time: (?)

LP: MARK TWAIN / TOM SAWYER ? Adventures with Injun Joe

Caedmon TC 1165 (mono) 12" 33rpm (Sd 2 ? Bds 1, 2, & 3)

Notes: This LP is part 2 of a reading of Tom Sawyer by Ed Begley for Caedmon Records; the first part was released after this one on

Caedmon TC 1205 and it takes the story from the fence painting up to

the pirates coming back from the island to attend their funeral. This album is devoted just to the scenes in the book, which involve

Injun Joe, and only three bands on the second side concern the scenes in McDougal's Cave. These constitute exact readings of

excerpts from chapters 30 to 33 of the original classic.

Ed Begley was a well-known Hollywood actor of second roles in several westerns and also in "12 Angry Men," (1957) and "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962). Ref: Ed Begley, Bio, Wikipedia Ed Begley, Tom Sawyer ? Adventures with Injun Joe LP, York University, yorku.ca Ed Begley, Tom Sawyer ? Adventures with Injun Joe, Worldcat

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SWC-AV-TS4 United States 1973

TOM SAWYER ?

TOM AND BECKY IN McDOUGAL'S CAVE *

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: Sid FRANK (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

By Mark Twain)

Rts: A.A. Records Inc.

Nar: Early WILLIAMS

Perf: THE GOLDEN COUNTRY NASHVILLE SINGERS

Prod: Ralph Stein

Prod. Co: A.A. Records Inc.; New York, NY

Time: 2:50

1. LP: Songs from the Great Hit Musical ? TOM SAWYER

Wonderland/ Golden LP-280

E. WILLIAMS

12" 33rpm (Sd 2)

2. Reissue on CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (2002)

Drive PUR1383 (Tk 8)

Notes: An album from the 1973 musical with songs performed by The

Golden Country Nashville Singers and the Golden Pickers Orchestra

interspersed with episodes from

Twain's classic changed or modified

to suit.

None of the eight songs from this

musical film version, performed here

in a typical Nashville style, contain

anything even vaguely related to the

cave scenes in the movie nor for that

matter do any of the 13 tracks which were presented on the movie

soundtrack album released earlier by United Artists Records.

Here we only have the narration referring to the incidents in McDougal's

Cave (from a 30-second audio sample) ?

"Beneath the rock, around the boulders, through the narrow passages

they go. Tom and Becky with Injun Joe [... ] behind them screaming ? `Hey ya, hey ya, I'm gonna kill you.'

By now Tom and Becky have been missed. Huck, Muff Potter, and Becky's father lead the picnic to go

looking for them. Now Huck knows that Tom probably went in McDougal's Cave. And in a couple of

minutes they're at the mouth of the cave. Huck leads them inside. It takes a little while for the ..." Ref: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer LP & CD, castalbums Golden Country Nashville Singers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Amazon (AUDIO SAMPLE)

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SWC-AV-TS5 Canada 1974

TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's ? Cave Pic Cover

Scr: Peter HAAS (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain)

Nar: (?) (reader) Perf: HAPPY TIME CHORUS & ORCHESTRA

Prod: Joe Abend Prod. Co: Keel Record Mfg. Ltd.; Ajax, Ontario Time: (?) 1. LP: THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

& TOM SAWYER Mr. Pickwick SPC-5128 (stereo) 12" 33rpm (Sd 1) 2. LP: THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

& TOM SAWYER Happy Time HT1059 (stereo)

12" 33rpm (Sd 1) Notes: It is not known if this performance includes the cave scenes.

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Classic Illustrated, No. 50 - 1947

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SWC-AV-TS6 United States 1976

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's Selections: Side Five ? 3. THE PICNIC / 4. MCDOUGAL'S CAVE ? 3:20/ 5. Huck Saves The Widow Douglas /6. TOM AND BECKY ARE LOST ? 4:16/ 7. AT CHURCH / 8. THE SEARCHERS ? 4:05 Side Six ? 1. IN THE CAVE / 2. INJUN JOE RETURNS ? 3:49/ 3. THE CHILDREN ARE FOUND/ 4. TOM AND HUCK EXPLORE THE CAVE/ 5. THE TREASURE ? 10:00

Author: Mark TWAIN (Excerpted from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer") Adaptation: Dillon USILL Perf: Bing CROSBY (reader)

Tommy Reilly (harmonica) David Reilly (guitar) Billy Bell (banjo) Chris Hazell (harmonium)

Sound Effects: Geoff Milne & Peter Handford Prod: Kevin Daly Prod. Co: The Decca Record Co. Ltd.; London Rec. Co: Argo Studios; 115 Fulham Road, London Rec. Date: September 3, 5, 1975 Liner Notes: (4-page folder) Lisa Demetriou, Peter Gammond,

& Kevin Daly Time: (See above) A. American Box Set LPs: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Argo ZSW 561/62/63 (stereo) 12" 33rpm (3XLPs) (Sd 5 & 6) B. Australian Box Set LPs: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (1978) World Record Club R 04639/40/41 (stereo) 12" 33rpm (3XLPs) (Sd 5 & 6) Notes: This is an abridged version of the original text read by the famous American popular singer and movie actor, Bing Crosby. Here and there he will skip a sentence or two and even whole paragraphs, while occasionally changing a word (ex. "maze" for "labyrinth") without affecting the sense of the text in any way. The bridges between scenes are filled with harmonica or country music. Only the parts dealing with the cave were auditioned and timed. THE PICNIC/ MCDOUGAL'S CAVE ? The picnic scene and the description of McDougal's Cave is taken from the beginning of chapter 29, "Huck Saves the Widow." TOM AND BECKY ARE LOST ? This is from Chap. 31, "Found and Lost Again," but much dialogue and some passages are omitted.

AT CHURCH/ THE SEARCHERS ? Skips back to the end of chap. 30, "Tom and Becky in the Cave," and in the sentence about the "Cardiff Hill episode" the script adds "an' Injun Joe was forgotten." IN THE CAVE/ INJUN JOE RETURNS ? This is from the second half of chap. 31. THE CHILDREN ARE FOUND/ TOM AND HUCK EXPLORE THE CAVE/ THE TREASURE ? These three sections are from chapter 32, " `Turn Out! They're Found!,' " and most of chap. 33, "The Fate of Injun Joe." Regarding the cave in this tale, Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography (as quoted by Demetriou in the liner notes) ? "It was miles in extent and was a tangled wilderness of narrow and lofty clefts and passages. It was an easy place to get lost in; anybody could do it ? including the bats. I got lost in it myself, along with a lady, and our last candle burned down almost to nothing before we glimpsed the search party's lights winding in the distance." " `Injun Joe,' the half-breed, got lost in there once, and would have starved to death if the bats had run short. But there was no chance of that; there were myriads of them. In the book called `Tom Sawyer' I starved him entirely to death in the cave, but that was in the interest of art; it never happened." (Twain, ca. 1906) Bing Crosby also recorded "Clementine" in 1941 (see under Marginal Cave Music ? Clementine) and "Puff, The Magic Dragon" in 1968 (see under Marginal Cave Music ? Puff, The Magic Dragon ? 1963-1969). Ref: Bing Crosby, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer LP, Discogs Tom Sawyer (Bing Crosby album), Wikipedia Twain, Mark ca. 1906, Autobiography, Paine. Harper Twain, Mark 1876 (1978), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Bantam Pathfinder Editions, New York

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SWC-AV-TS7 Canada 1977

TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: Scott HERBERT (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain)

Perf: THE STORYTIME TELLERS

Prod: Bob d'Orleans Prod. Co: Til Records Inc.; New York, NY Time: (?) LP: TOM SAWYER

Til 499 (stereo) 12" 33rpm (Sd 2) Notes: A dramatization of the story with Dixieland music and effects. In the middle of side 2 is the cave episode. The narrator says ? "It was the day of the Sunday school trip to the caverns." In the cave Becky calls out, "Here, Tom, there's a path over here." They find a huge cave of crystals and hundreds of bats, but "no exit in sight." Then there is an interlude scene where Huck follows Injun Joe to Widow Douglas' place and has to go for help. We return to Tom & Becky lost in the cave. There is only one candle left and a drop of water puts it out. Using a kite string Tom feels his way along. He spots Injun Joe and then a light in the distance. After they both exit the cave Tom covers the entrance hole with rocks. The entire cave episode plus the interlude with Huck lasts about 5 minutes. Later Tom tells about seeing Injun Joe in the cave, so they go back and open up the closed cave entrance to find Injun Joe dead. Then Tom & Huck return to dig up the chest with $12,000 of treasure.

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SWC-AV-TS8 United States 1983

TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: (?) (From Mark TWAIN's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer") Perf: Charles CARROLL (reader)

Prod: Charles Carroll Prod. Co: Troubador Records Time: (?)

LP: TOM SAWYER Troubador (?) (Side 2)

Notes: It is not known if this performance includes the cave scenes. This rare reading of the classic was only seen on an eBay posting from Dubuque, Iowa in April 2017. The price was $95. Ref: Tom Sawyer LP, American eBay posting

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SWC-AV-TS9 United States 1986

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Author: Mark TWAIN (From "The Adventures of

Tom Sawyer")

Perf: Norman DIETZ (reader)

Prod. Co: Recorded Books Inc; Prince Frederick, MD

Time: 8:06:00 (7.25 hours)

Boxed Set CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Recorded Books (?) (6XCDs)

Notes: This boxed set of CDs has not been seen or heard.

This was probably the first release on CD of an unabridged

reading of the original text.

N. DIETZ

Ref: Norman Dietz, Short Bio, recordedbooks

Norman Dietz, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Amazon

Norman Dietz, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, recordedbooks

Norman Dietz, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Worldcat

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SWC-AV-TS11 United Kingdom 1996

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Selections:

CD 2: 5. BECKY'S PICNIC ? 5:39/ 7. WHERE ARE TOM AND BECKY? ? 3:31/ 8. LOST IN THE CAVES ?

12:21/ 9 TOM AND BECKY ARE FOUND ? 5:31/ 10. TOM AND HUCK FIND THE TREASURE AT LAST ?

10:51

Author: Mark TWAIN (From "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")

Mus: Leos JAN?CEK & Frederick CELIUS

Perf: Garrick HAGON (reader)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Cond: John Hopkins

Prod. Co: Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.

Liner Notes: Jan Fielden

Time: (See above)

G. HAGON

1. CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Naxos AudioBooks NA 208012 (2XCDs)

2. CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Naxos AudioBooks NAX 26212

(4XCDs) (Box Set) (Disc 2 ? Tks 5, 7, 8, 9, & 10)

3. CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Unabridged)

Naxos AudioBooks NA 786812

(7XCDs) (Box Set) (Disc 7 ? Tks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6)

Notes: Garrick Hagon wrote regarding this work by Mark Twain and

mentioned in regard to the section concerning Injun Joe in the cave ? "The

death of Injun Joe in the cave evokes Twain's meditation on life and time as

he reminds us in Shakespearean cadences, that the drop of water from the

stalagmite in the cave which failed to save Injun Joe, will still be falling when

all human endeavour will have `sunk down the afternoon of history, and the twilight of tradition, and been swallowed up in the thick night of oblivion.' This resonant prose is meant to be read aloud and one can imagine Twain delivering it from a lecture platform on one of his splendid reading tours." (Hagon 2018) Only the abridged edition (2 CDs set) of this reading was auditioned for this discography. Ref: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Unabridged), 7 CD set, Naxos Garrick Hagon, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 2 CDs, Discogs Garrick Hagon, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,7 CDs, Titles of Selections, naxos Garrick Hagon, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,7 CDs, naxosaudiobooks Garrick Hagon, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, simplyaudiobooks Hagon, Garrick 2018, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Booklet Notes, naxosaudiobooks

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SWC-AV-TS10 United States 1999

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Author: Mark TWAIN (Excerpted from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")

Mus: Noel Webb

Perf: Patrick FRALEY (reader)

Dir: Ronald A. Feinberg Prod: Patrick Fraley

P. FRALEY

Prod. Co: Blackstone Audio Inc. or The Audio Partners, Auburn, CA Time: 7:42:00 1. Boxed Set CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Blackstone Audio (?) (6XCDs) 2. Boxed Set CD: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (2003)

AudioGo (?) (6XCDs) Notes: This boxed set of CDs presents the complete, unabridged text. "This reading of Tom Sawyer is especially notable for the virtuoso performance of actor Patrick Fraley. Crafting 36 authentic `voices' to represent the wide range of Twain's delightful characters, Fraley proves his storytelling mastery." (Liner notes) It was very difficult to find correct release dates and label information for this album; much data was contradictory. Ref: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Patrick Fraley, learnoutloud Patrick Fraley, Short Bio, rainbowbrite.co.uk Patrick Fraley, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Amazon Patrick Fraley, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, simplyaudiobooks Patrick Fraley, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, (7:42:07), YouTube (COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE)

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SWC-AV-TS12 United Kingdom 2000

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER ?

IN THE CAVE

UNDER THE CROSS

SW ? Fiction ? Children's

Scr: Nick BULLARD (Based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain)

Perf: Nick BULLARD (reader) Jennifer BASSETT (reader)

Prod: Jennifer Bassett Prod. Co: Oxford University Press Book: (52-page book) Illus: Paul Fisher Johnson Time: (Tk 5) 16:53 & (Tk 6) 5:13

Illus. by P. Johnson

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