Mark Twain wrote much of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in a shed on the property of the Quarry Farm in New York, where he was spending the summer. Twain’s study was so isolated from the main house that his family took to blowing a horn to attract his attention for meals. [^1] ^7ec80d #quotes [^1]: Newport, Cal. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (p. 4). Grand Central Publishing. Kindle Edition