Roughing It, Part 4.

Languageen
First published2004-07-02
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#8585

Description

"Roughing It, Part 4." by Mark Twain is a semi-autobiographical travel narrative written in 1870–71 and published in 1872. This memoir chronicles Twain's adventures across the American West from 1861–1867, including stagecoach journeys, visits to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and travels to the Kingdom of Hawaii. The book showcases Twain's rough-hewn humor and captures his early experiences as a writer, blending memory with imagination to create tales of frontier life and fortune-seeking. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
  • Hawaii -- Description and travel
  • Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
  • Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
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