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The trouble begins at 8 : a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West / Sid Fleischman.

By: Fleischman, Sid, 1920-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780061344312 (trade); 9780061344329 (lib. bdg.); 006134432X; 0061344311.Other title: Trouble begins at eight | Life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West.Subject(s): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | Authors, American | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | American authors -- BiographyDDC classification: 818/.409 | B
Contents:
The man who made frogs famous -- Eggs, three cents a dozen -- The gingerbread kid -- Upside down and backwards -- The riverboat rajah -- The cruel river -- Sam and the fortune teller -- Two weeks as a warrior -- The buffalo that climbed a tree -- Thieves, murderers, and desperados -- Gold, ten cents an acre -- Sam and the petrified man -- The duel at dawn -- Sam in the big city -- The slouching man -- The talking bluejay -- The water boy from Jackass Hill -- Goodbye, Sam; hello, Mark -- The sandwich chronicles -- The trouble begins at 8 -- The great holdup -- Twain attempts to behave -- Golden Gate, so long.
Summary: A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain. Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs.
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A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain. Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The man who made frogs famous -- Eggs, three cents a dozen -- The gingerbread kid -- Upside down and backwards -- The riverboat rajah -- The cruel river -- Sam and the fortune teller -- Two weeks as a warrior -- The buffalo that climbed a tree -- Thieves, murderers, and desperados -- Gold, ten cents an acre -- Sam and the petrified man -- The duel at dawn -- Sam in the big city -- The slouching man -- The talking bluejay -- The water boy from Jackass Hill -- Goodbye, Sam; hello, Mark -- The sandwich chronicles -- The trouble begins at 8 -- The great holdup -- Twain attempts to behave -- Golden Gate, so long.

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