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Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book The Innocents Abroad (1869). This book tells of Twain’s adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad. Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman (not included in the account), he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother’s diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the book. Roughing It illustrates many of Twain’s early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and his beginnings as a writer. In this memoir, readers can see examples of Twain’s rough-hewn humor, which would become a staple of his writing in his later books, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876), and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889).
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9781522900900 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 24, 2015, cover price $5.99 | also contains Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It
9781522701620 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 11, 2015, cover price $12.35 | also contains Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It | About this edition: Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain.
9781517456665 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 22, 2015, cover price $20.99 | also contains Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It | About this edition: The celebrated author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn mixes fact and fiction in a rousing travelogue that serves as âa portrait of the artist as a young adventurer.
9781517424114 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 20, 2015, cover price $24.99 | also contains Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781517349813 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 15, 2015, cover price $19.99 | also contains Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It, Roughing It
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9780520205581 | Reprint edition (Univ of California Pr, May 1, 1996), cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Describes the author's experiences during the six years he spent in California, Nevada, and Hawaii.
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