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Roughing It
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- Nombre de pages540
- FormatePub
- ISBN978-87-409-8811-6
- EAN9788740988116
- Date de parution06/02/2026
- Protection num.Digital Watermarking
- Taille889 Ko
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurSaxo Publish
Résumé
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain is a lively, humorous, and vividly detailed account of the author's adventures in the American West during the mid-19th century. Blending memoir, travel writing, and tall-tale storytelling, Twain chronicles his experiences as a young man seeking fortune and purpose amid the raw energy of frontier life.
Beginning with Twain's journey by stagecoach from Missouri to Nevada, the book captures the excitement, danger, and absurdity of westward expansion.
Twain recounts encounters with colorful characters, prospectors, outlaws, journalists, and dreamers, bringing to life the mining camps, desert landscapes, and boomtowns of Nevada and California. His misadventures in silver mining, brief military service, and early days as a newspaper writer form the heart of the narrative. Beyond the American West, Roughing It also follows Twain to Hawaii (then the Sandwich Islands), where his keen observations and playful humor illuminate island life, local customs, and natural wonders.
Throughout the book, Twain's storytelling blends exaggeration with truth, creating a uniquely entertaining portrait of frontier America. While often laugh-out-loud funny, Roughing It also offers valuable insights into the spirit of ambition, risk, and reinvention that defined the era. Twain captures the optimism and chaos of a rapidly expanding nation, while subtly critiquing greed, folly, and the myth of easy success. Energetic, observant, and irresistibly entertaining, Roughing It stands as one of Mark Twain's most beloved nonfiction works.
It is an essential read for fans of classic American literature, travel memoirs, and stories of adventure on the wild frontier.
Twain recounts encounters with colorful characters, prospectors, outlaws, journalists, and dreamers, bringing to life the mining camps, desert landscapes, and boomtowns of Nevada and California. His misadventures in silver mining, brief military service, and early days as a newspaper writer form the heart of the narrative. Beyond the American West, Roughing It also follows Twain to Hawaii (then the Sandwich Islands), where his keen observations and playful humor illuminate island life, local customs, and natural wonders.
Throughout the book, Twain's storytelling blends exaggeration with truth, creating a uniquely entertaining portrait of frontier America. While often laugh-out-loud funny, Roughing It also offers valuable insights into the spirit of ambition, risk, and reinvention that defined the era. Twain captures the optimism and chaos of a rapidly expanding nation, while subtly critiquing greed, folly, and the myth of easy success. Energetic, observant, and irresistibly entertaining, Roughing It stands as one of Mark Twain's most beloved nonfiction works.
It is an essential read for fans of classic American literature, travel memoirs, and stories of adventure on the wild frontier.
