Sid Fleischman

(Author)

The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild WestHardcover, 1 August 2008

The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
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Reading Age
Ages: 8-12
Grade Levels
3-7
Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Date Published
1 Aug 2008
ISBN-10
0061344311
ISBN-13
9780061344312

Description

"Mark Twain was born fully grown, with a cheap cigar clamped between his teeth." So begins Sid Fleischman's ramble-scramble biography of the great American author and wit, who started life in a Missouri village as a barefoot boy named Samuel Clemens.

Abandoning a career as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, Sam took a bumpy stagecoach to the Far West. In the gold and silver fields, he expected to get rich quick. Instead, he got poor fast, digging in the wrong places. His stint as a sagebrush newspaperman led to a duel with pistols. Had he not survived, the world would never have heard of Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn--or red-headed Mark Twain.

Samuel Clemens adopted his pen name in a hotel room in San Francisco and promptly made a jumping frog (and himself) famous. His celebrated novels followed at a leisurely pace; his quips at jet speed. "Don't let schooling interfere with your education," he wrote.

Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West; an ink-stained rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time. Bountifully illustrated.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 8-12
Author:
Sid Fleischman
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
CN
Date Published:
1 August 2008
Dimensions:
25.4 x 19 x 2.49 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 3-7
Genre:
19th Century
ISBN-10:
0061344311
ISBN-13:
9780061344312
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
224
Weight:
925.33 gm

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