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Accustomed to wandering from town to town, the Flints set off to find Grandpa and the town he founded on the Missouri, but the town has moved and nothing remains except a stranded boat which they make their home
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Welcome to Humbug Mountain. Little did Wiley, the son of a traveling newspaperman, imagine that the search for his grandfather would lead him into the hands of those nasty villains of the West--Shagnasty John and the Fool Killer. Using their newspaper, The Humbug Mountain Hoorah, Wiley and his sister and mother go about outwitting the outlaws in their scheme to ambush Grandfather's new boat and its cargo of gold.
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SID FLEISCHMAN is the author of more than sixty books for children, adults, and magicians. His tales have been translated into nineteen languages. Among his many awards is the Newbery Medal for his novel The Whipping Boy. The author described his wasted youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid. His most recent books are The Entertainer and the Dybbuk, a novel, and two biographies, The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West and Escape! The Story of The Great Houdini. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0575028939
- ISBN 13 9780575028937
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages160
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