At age seven - after spending 12 weeks in a one room schoolhouse with 39 other students of all ages - Tom's overworked short tempered teacher lost his patience with the child's persistent questioning and relatively self centered behavior. ... Most interestingly, because this paper was the first ever to be typeset, printed, and sold on a train, an English journal gave him his first international notoriety when it featured a story on it in 1860. ... His mother was showing evidence of insanity that was aggravated by the ups and downs of a difficult life. ...

• Word Count: 3349
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate