Roughing It

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In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West, and Roughing It is his hilarious record of his travels come to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales.

Genres: ClassicsFictionTravelHumorLiteratureAdventureAmericanWesternsHistorical Fiction19th Century

590 Pages

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