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

Author: Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008.

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

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index.



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