Roughing It (Signet Classics)
by Mark Twain
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Author: Mark TwainIntroduction: Elizabeth Frank
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN: 0451531108
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Signet Classics
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Book Review: Roughing It: A young Mark Twain heads West for fame, fortune and literary paydirt
Summary: 5 Stars
The Civil War had ended. Mark Twain was ready for adventure. It came to the Missourian when his brother Orion was appointed Secretary for the Nevada Territority. Twain used his experiences of life in Nevada and California for his second published book "Roughing It". His first book was "The Innocents Abroad" about a European trip he took with a group of church people on the ship called "The Quaker."
Twain spent about seven years in the American West. His book "Roughing It" is a somewhat poorly organized compendium of tale tales, humor, travel notes and anecdotal stories of colorful characters. Twain wrote many travel books in his long career and this early one is a fun read.
We learn how Clemens became a gold and silver miner; his adventures as a newspaper report in Virginia City Nevada and San Francisco and the perils of stagecoach travel in 1860s America.
Mark Twain was a master of dialect speech and his comments are often wryly ironic. Twain became disillusioned in the West. He disliked the rampant violence and miserable living conditions. Travel was no picnic in those days! Twain sweltered and froze as he traveled in the Rockies. One of the most interesting parts of the book is his description of the Mormons capped off by his visit to Salt Lake City.
The book rambles along as if we were seated around a campfire to listen to the narrator spin another story. No major women characters appear in the book as it deals with raw frontier male macho culture. Sometimes I found it dull as when the author explains the tedious process of filing mining claims, law cases and other matters which are of historical value but are tedious to read.
The book is humorous but does contain several accounts of tragedies. It would be excellent for study of the pioneer West. Mark Twain is the Lincoln of our literature. So get seated around the campfire as the night falls across the prarie and listen to an original American voice speak to you from long ago and far away.
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