Search - Roughing It

Roughing It
Roughing It
Author: Mark Twain
In his youth Mark Twain drifted through the West. He worked as a civil servant, gold prospector, reporter, lecturer. ROUGHING IT is Twain's record--fact and impression--of those early years. — Twain tried his luck at everything. He disputed with vigilantes; crossed Slade the Terrible, whose equally terrible wife shot not from the hip but from the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780451524072
ISBN-10: 0451524071
Publication Date: 11/1/1962
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 11

3.9 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Signet Classics
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Similar books to this author and title:
Members who requested this book also requested:

Top Member Book Reviews

  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
reviewed Roughing It on + 64 more book reviews
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A thoughly enjoyable view of the frontier west, and introduction to an emerging genius of American writing. Twain is well informed, honest, and surprisingly prudish is his role as storyteller, but always intent on keeping his reader interested. Good Read!

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
reviewed Roughing It on + 2 more book reviews
A little to autobiographical for my taste, but still a classic
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
reviewed Roughing It on
read this book for a class, very new condition


Genres: