. "Samuel Clemens"@en . "Real Name"@en . . . . "American Publishing Company"@en . "First Appearance"@en . "Original Publisher"@en . "Joe Harper"@en . . "Joe Harper"@en . . . . . "Tom\u2019s \u201Cbosom friend\u201D and frequent playmate. Joe is a typical best friend, a convention Twain parodies when he refers to Joe and Tom as \u201Ctwo souls with but a single thought.\u201D Though Joe mostly mirrors Tom, he diverges from Tom\u2019s example when he is the first of the boys to succumb to homesickness on Jackson\u2019s Island. As time progresses, Huckleberry Finn begins to assume Joe\u2019s place as Tom\u2019s companion."@en . "Tom\u2019s \u201Cbosom friend\u201D and frequent playmate. Joe is a typical best friend, a convention Twain parodies when he refers to Joe and Tom as \u201Ctwo souls with but a single thought.\u201D Though Joe mostly mirrors Tom, he diverges from Tom\u2019s example when he is the first of the boys to succumb to homesickness on Jackson\u2019s Island. As time progresses, Huckleberry Finn begins to assume Joe\u2019s place as Tom\u2019s companion."@en . "Created by"@en . . . . . "Joe Harper"@en . "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"@en . . .