TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fleischman,Sid
TI  - The trouble begins at 8: a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West 
SN  - 0061344311
AV  - PS1332 F57 2008
U1  - 818/.409B 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Greenwillow Books
KW  - Twain, Mark,
KW  - American authors
KW  - Biography
KW  - sears
N1  - 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; 7.5; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain.  Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs
ER  -