Bakunin’s Reviews > Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain > Status Update

"Russell placed an ad for potential riders in leading newspapers throughout the West. The ad itself became legenday: "Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred" You don't see ads like that every day! This books paints a vivid picture of the wild west and how Mark Twain was formed by it.