In the story, Tom Sawyer dupes his friends into painting 30 yards of fence nine feet high. In real life, Dover officials say, he handles the painting by himself. On Jan. 31, Dover Detective Louis ...

NEWTOWN BOROUGH >> It was a Tom Sawyer moment at the borough ... historic corner of their community by painting the white picket fence surrounding the site. Among the volunteers were several ...

When Tom Sawyer was faced with whitewashing a fence on a summer day, he made the task look so appealing that his friends begged to help. Soon Tom was rolling in wealth, and the fence had three ...

In Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain described how Tom got his friends to do his work--in this case, painting a fence--for free. Tom was onto something; getting talented people to contribute to your ...

Frontispiece from the first edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 1876 ... He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.

Adventures of Tom Sawyer is in Technicolor and contains ... The story of the boy in an isolated Missouri community of the 1880s, who made fence-painting an enviable art, who attended his own ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — With the finish line of this year's National Tom Sawyer Days in sight, planners and organizers said this year's event has been a success, due in no small part to excellent summer ...