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From the Western and Civil War research/reference library of Jerry Crandall
Roughing It
by Mark Twain
Condition; good, minor shelf wear on soft cover
SeaWolf Press, 2018
A semi-autobiographical account of Mark Twain’s early adventures in western America. This was the first of his several travel books. Here he recounts his attempts at gold and silver mining which led to his becoming a paper millionaire for ten days. He gets involved in real estate speculation amid his time in Nevada and California. He details his trip to Salt Lake City and encounters with the Brigham Young Mormons. At the end of the book, he travels to Hawaii and describes viewing the lava flows and eruptions from the volcanoes there. A thoroughly entertaining tale of the wild west.
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