Roughing It

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480483828

<DIV><B>The Wild West as Mark Twain lived it</B><BR /><BR /> In 1861, Mark Twain joined his older brother Orion, the newly appointed secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey from Missouri to Carson City, Nevada. Planning to be gone for three months, Twain spent the next &ldquo;six or seven years&rdquo; exploring the great American frontier, from the monumental vistas of the Rocky Mountains to the lush landscapes of Hawaii. Along the way, he made and lost a theoretical fortune, danced like a kangaroo in the finest hotels of San Francisco, and came to terms with freezing to death in a snow bank&mdash;only to discover, in the light of morning, that he was fifteen steps from a comfortable inn.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> As a record of the &ldquo;variegated vagabondizing&rdquo; that characterized his early years&mdash;before he became a national treasure&mdash;<I>Roughing It </I>is an indispensable chapter in the biography of Mark Twain. It is also, a century and a half after it was first published, both a fascinating history of the American West and a laugh-out-loud good time.<BR /><BR /> This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</DIV>