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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0061344311
Other title:
  • Trouble begins at eight
  • Life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 818/.409 B 22
LOC classification:
  • PS1332 F57 2008
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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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.

Wilson's Children, July 2009

School Library Journal starred, July 2008

Booklist starred, June 2008

Pub Weekly, June 2008

Kirkus Starred, June 2008

New York Times, August 2008

Horn Book, April 2009

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2008

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2008

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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