Roughing It

Mark Twain

Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- West (U.S.) · Hawaii -- Description and travel · Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- West (U.S.) · West (U.S.) -- Description and travel

"Roughing It" by Mark Twain is a semi-autobiographical travel book written in 1870–71 and published in 1872. The work chronicles young Twain's adventures across the American West from 1861 to 1867, joining his brother on a stagecoach journey to Nevada Territory. From Salt Lake City visits to gold prospecting, real-estate speculation, and travels to Hawaii, Twain recounts the colorful experiences that shaped his career as a writer, showcasing the rough-hewn humor that would define his later masterpieces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)