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Roughing It

Roughing It

by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

BookID: 3177

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

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Description

"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.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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