Frontispiece from the first edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 1876. Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in ...

Y’all have likely all heard the story of how Tom Sawyer tricked a bunch of boys into whitewashin’ his Aunt Polly’s fence. But do you know what whitewash is made of? Most of us think it is some sort of ...