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

Author: Sid Fleischman
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, ©2008.
Edition/Format: Book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st ed
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Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.
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Named Person: Mark Twain; Mark Twain; Mark Twain; Mark Twain
Material Type: Juvenile audience, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sid Fleischman
ISBN: 9780061344312 0061344311 9780061344329 006134432X
OCLC Number: 173218652
Description: xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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.
Other Titles: Trouble begins at eight
Responsibility: Sid Fleischman.
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Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.

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