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

by Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010.

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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.

Publisher Info:

New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008.

xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

9780061344312 (hbk. : trade bdg.)

0061344311 (hbk. : trade bdg.)

9780061344329 (hbk. : lib. bdg.)

006134432X (hbk. : lib. bdg.)

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.

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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