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Books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have firmly established Mark Twain's reputation as one of the best-loved American humorists, but the author's non-fiction works are packed with as much laughter and keen insight as his popular novels. In the series of essays presented in the volume Roughing It, Twain recounts his years as a soldier, sailor, and speculator in the Wild West.
LibriVox is a public domain audiobook source and read by volunteers - some poor, some good. This narrator was excellent, it seemed like listening to Twain himself except for the introduction to each chapter identifying it as LibriVox. Praise for narrator John Greenman.
This is a memoir of Twains travels into the west with his brother, as you would expect it is quite entertaining, often found myself smiling and even laughing. Highly recommended.
FROM AUDIOBOOKS.COM: Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870-71 and published in 1872 as a sequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad.(Wikipedia) ( )
This was not one of his better works. I was about as successful mining for comedy as he was mining for silver. Seriously, just very dry and the humor was too infrequent. I quit halfway through. Life's too short and I have too many books on my TBR list! ( )
Roughing It was better than Huckleberry Finn, but Twain has a very ostentatious tone in his writing, a very obvious and overstated kind of humor that rubs me wrong. All the same, this was an entertaining book that read like a novel, despite its base in Twain's own life. ( )
In previous books- Around the World in 80 days, for instance- I have enjoyed the humorous slights poked at the earlier settlers of Utah. However, being a "Mormon," I was slightly taken aback by Twain's seeming malicious attack at them. Especially his "factual" account in an appendix in the back of the earlier history. That being said It's a bit too long- even for me. But it was quite funny. And I enjoyed most of it. Just not the SLC part. ( )
Mark Twain helped to devise the personal style of American travel writing. Dry guidebook facts were not for him. He could not help turning everything he saw into literature when he trained his keen eye on foreign people and places. No matter what unusual customs he saw or monuments he climbed, he remained Mark Twain - a wised-up observer disguised as a wide-eyed innocent.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
TO CALVIN H. HIGBIE, Of California, an Honest Man, a Genial Comrade, and a Steadfast Friend. THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED By the Author, In Memory of the Curious Time When We Two WERE MILLIONAIRES FOR TEN DAYS.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation.
My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory - an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of treasures, comptroller, secretary of state, and acting governor in the governor's absence.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
When a journalist maligns a citizen, or attacks his good name on hearsay evidence, he deserves to be thrashed for it, even if he is a "non-combatant" weakling; but a generous adversary would at least allow such a lamb the use of his legs at such a time.--M. T.
Books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have firmly established Mark Twain's reputation as one of the best-loved American humorists, but the author's non-fiction works are packed with as much laughter and keen insight as his popular novels. In the series of essays presented in the volume Roughing It, Twain recounts his years as a soldier, sailor, and speculator in the Wild West.
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This is a memoir of Twains travels into the west with his brother, as you would expect it is quite entertaining, often found myself smiling and even laughing. Highly recommended.
FROM AUDIOBOOKS.COM: Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870-71 and published in 1872 as a sequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad.(Wikipedia) (