Roughing It A Personal Narrative Author:Mark Twain 16 hours and 25 minutes on CDs. Two American originals, Mark Twain and the West, come together in this documentary of the authors seven-year pleasure trip to the silver mines of Nevada. Twain had originally planned the trip to be a three-month vacation; not surprisingly for someone of Twains temperament, the trip lasted seven years. His journey,... more » like his book, has a way of taking ever-unexpected turns.« less