Roughing It, Part 1

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Lulu.com, 2008 - Literary Criticism - 612 pages
A semi-autobiographical travel account written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870¿71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad. Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the "Wild West" during the years 1861¿1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel. Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit in Salt Lake City with Mormon leader Brigham Young, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and his beginnings as a writer.
 

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My Brother appointed Secretary of NevadaI Envy His Prospective
19
Among the IndiansAn Unfair AdvantageLaying on our ArmsA
33
CHAPTER II
48
Dverland CityCrossing the PlatteBeniiss Bufialo HuntAssault
60
CHAPTER VIII
70
History of SladeA Proposed FistfightEncounter with Jules
80
CHAPTER XI
90
A Gentile DenPolygamy DiscussedFavorite Wife and D 4
119
CHAPTER LVIII
419
THE GRACE OF A KAXGAROO
420
DREAMSDISSIPATRD
421
TEE ONE HORSE SHAYOUTDONE 422
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OEWIIAT SIIALLIDOI
424
GETOUT YOUR TOWEL MY
425
22 WE WILL OMIT TIIE BENEDICTION
426
SLINKING
429

A Happy LifeLake Tahoe and its MoodsTransparency of the Waters
173
th WAGXER
200
WAITIAGFOIIAIsIOaIER
201
ASIOPRTIIBIIE
203
3 TIIE MOAIEEXT
211
The Guests at Honey Lake Smiths Bully Old Arkansas Our Land
221
STOVEHEAPGONE
275
INTERVIEWING THE WIDE Wnsr
279
WORTHAMILLION
280
MILLIONAIRESLAYINGPLANS
282
DANGEROUSLY
284
WORTHNQTIIING
288
Captain Ned BlakelyBill Nookes Receives Desired InfonnationKilling
289
THECOMPROMISE
290
ONEOFMYFAILURES
293
TARGET SIIOTING 204
296
AFRIENDINDEED
297
157UNIONTAILPIECE
298
My Friend BoggsThe School ReportBoggs Pays Me An Old DebtVirgin
299
ANEDUCATIONALREPORT
301
NOPARTICULARHURRY
302
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF VIRGINIA CITY AXDMT D u1 1so
304
CHAPTER XLIV
306
WART
310
SELLINGAMINE
311
COULDNT W 1T
315
THE GREAT FLOUR SACK Pnocnssmn FULL PAGE Face Page
317
The Kabobs of Those DaysJohn Smith as a TravelerSudden WealthA
320
TAILPIECE
321
MAGNIFICENCEANDMISERY 170 AFRIENDLYDRIVER 326
327
SCOTTYBRIGGSANDTHEMIMsTER
331
REGULATINGMATTERS 3351
340
THEUNPREJUDICEDJURY
342
ADESPERADOGIVINGREFERENCE 314
351
GIVING INFORMATION
353
AWALKINGBATTERY
356
OVERHAULINGIIISMANIFESI
358
The Weekly OccidentalA Ready EditorA NovelA Concentration of Tal
360
HEROESANDHEROINEsorT1115STORY
361
DissOLUrnAUTHOR
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THERE SATTHELAWYER
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JONAH 867
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LOWBRIDGE
371
SHORTENINGSAIL
372
LIGIIIENINGSHIP
373
THEMARVELLOUSRESCUE
375
CHAPTER XXV
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305 CIIIEESEWAsIIBILI
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1MITATIOX
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AN OLD FRIES
399
EWELL AxnACCIDEXT
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T1IE HERALD OF GLAD NEIs
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FLAGTAILPIECE
407
ANEWENGLAND SCENE
409
IAIILE CLIMATE
410
SACRAMENTO AND THREE HOURS AWAY
413
FETCII HER OUT
416
WELL IF IT AINTACHILI
417
AGENUINE LIVE
418
APRIZE 230 ALOOK m AT TEE WINDOW
432
DO IT STRAEGEE
433
TIIE OLD COLLEGIATE
436
STRIKIXGAPOCKEL
438
TOMQUARTZ
440
ADVANTAGE
441
AFTER AX EXCURSION
442
21 1IIE TEEEE CAPTAIXS 415
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THE DESERTED FIELD
449
RECONNOITERING
458
LOOKING FOE MISCIIIEF
461
24 A FAMILY LIKEXESS
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er Dowx To
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MY BEOTIIERWE Twms
469
EXTEAOEDIEABY CAFERs 70
471
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIATAILPIECE
472
SANDWICH ISLAND GIRLS
474
OEIOIIIAL HAM SAKIWICII
475
ILLUSTRATIONS IKIsszn Hm FOR Hrs
478
AN OUTSIDERTAILPIECB
479
25 AN ENEMYS
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VISITING TEE MISSIONARIES
484
FULL CHURCH
485
?LAYING
486
1OYALTY AND ITS SATELLITRS
488
AHIGII PRIVATETAILPIECE
489
A MODERN FUNERAL
492
FOEMEE FUNERAL OBGIES
497
Once more upon the Vatcrs A Noisy PassengerSeveral Silent Ones
498
APASSENGER
499
MOONLIGIITONTHEWATER 26 GOING INTO THE MOUNIAINS FULLPAGBJ Face Page
503
EVENINGTAILPIECE
505
D1scvssm0 TURNIPS 501
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GREELEYs i
514
TEE GHOSTLY BUILDERS
518
0N GUARD
519
3REAKING TIIE
521
817 BATHING
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27 SURF BATHINGAFAILURE
526
CITY OF REFUGE 279 THE QUEENS 280 TAILPIECE
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TIIE PILLAB OF FIRE 282 THE
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H H 039
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ATIDAL 287 TRIP ON THE MILKY WAY
545
A VIEW IN THE 1A0 VALLEY FULL PAGE Face Page
547
MAGNIFICENT 519
549
ELEVEN MILES TO SEE
553
0HASED BYASTORM
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LEAV1NG
557
Return to San FranciscoShip AmusementsPreparing for LecturingVal
558
OUR AMUSEMENTS
559
SEVERE CASE OF STAGE lmGIIT
561
MY THREE PARQUEITE ALLIEs
562
CHAPTER LXXIX
564
APREDICAMENI
569
LBricf Sketch of Mormon History
572
0Concerning a Frightful Assassination that was never Consummated
580
TEE
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Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.

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