| Authors: |
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Twain, Mark,1835-1910 -- Childhood and youth.
Twain, Mark,1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.).
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008. |
| Description: |
xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780061344312 (hbk. : trade bdg.) 0061344311 (hbk. : trade bdg.) 9780061344329 (hbk. : lib. bdg.) 006134432X (hbk. : lib. bdg.) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index. |
| 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 -- Afterstory. |
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| Tags |
biography, mark twain, authors, wild west, teen, history, juvenile non-fiction, twain, writers, ya, 11th grade, 19th century, adventure, american history, bio, children's, children's nonfiction, hawaii, huckleberry finn, humor, informational, journalist, kids, middle, middle school, politics, racism, samuel, samuel clemens, san francisco, tom sawyer, young adult |
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| Summary: |
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. |