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An edition of Roughing It (1872)

Roughing it

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known as "Mark Twain," left Missouri in 1861 to work with his brother, the newly appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Once settled in Nevada, Clemens fell victim to gold fever and went to the Humboldt mines. When prospecting lost its attractions, Clemens found work as a reporter in Virginia City. In 1864, Clemens moved to California and worked as a reporter in San Francisco. It was there that he began to establish a nationwide reputation as a humorist. Roughing it (1891), first published in 1872, is his account of his adventures in the Far West. He devotes twenty chapters to the overland journey by boat and stagecoach to Carson City, including several chapters on the Mormons. Next come chronicles of mining life and local politics and crime in Virginia City and San Francisco and even a junket to the Hawaiian Islands. The book closes with his return to San Francisco and his introduction to the lecture circuit.

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Roughing It
2014, Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Roughing It
2007-07-24, LibriVox
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Roughing It
2000, University of California Press
in English - printing (2)
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March 6, 1997, Oxford University Press, USA
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Roughing It
April 1972, Univ of California Pr
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Roughing it
1913, Harper & brothers
in English
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Roughing It
1913, Harper and Brothers
in English
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Roughing it
1891, American publishing company
in English
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Roughing it
1886, American publishing company
in English
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Roughing it
1872, American publishing company, F. G. Gilman & co,, etc., etc.
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Hartford, Conn

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Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

No known restrictions on publication.

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Library of Congress
PS1318 .A1 1891

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Pagination
xviii, [19]-591 p.
Number of pages
591

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OL24832581M
Internet Archive
roughingit02twai
LCCN
07023335

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