"Roughing It, Part 1" by Mark Twain is a humorous autobiographical account about the author's travels to the American West in the 1860s. The story begins with Twain's eagerness to escape his current life and join his brother, who has taken a job as a secretary in Nevada. He vividly describes the journey from Missouri, first by boat, then by stagecoach after a baggage mishap in St. Joseph. Twain's witty observations capture both the beauty and the hardships of the journey, including the eccentric characters he meets and the strange situations he encounters, painting a picture of adventure and exploration in the untamed frontier.
Roughing It, Part 1.
By Mark Twain
A young man trades his ordinary existence for a wild adventure in the West, discovering quirky companions and unexpected challenges along the way.
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About the AuthorSamuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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