Roughing It
Résumé
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain is a semi-autobiographical travel book written in 1870–71 and published in 1872. The work chronicles young Twain's adventures across the American West from 1861 to 1867, joining his brother on a stagecoach journey to Nevada Territory. From Salt Lake City visits to gold prospecting, real-estate speculation, and travels to Hawaii, Twain recounts the colorful experiences that shaped his career as a writer, showcasing the rough-hewn humor that would define his later masterpieces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Droits et provenance
Public domain in the USA.
Distribution dans l’UE non vérifiée
Sujets (10)
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Humour
- PS
- Category: Travel Writing
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- 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
