Roughing It

As a young man, Samuel Clemens left his home in Missouri for what he assumed would be a stay of three months or so in the Territory of Nevada. He would not, in fact, return for seven years, after travelling the American West, and voyaging by sailing ship to Hawai'i and back again, laying the foundation for his astounding literary career as the immortal Mark Twain. Here are Mark Twain's recollections of life in Nevada at the height of the silver mining frenzy: fortunes made and lost in a day, gunfights in the streets, and a passel of curious characters not soon to be forgotten. Here, too, is Hawai'i before modern transportation transformed it into a tourist mecca; horseback rides through the tropics, a royal funeral, and a hike into the heart of a living volcano. This New Albion Press edition features annotation, bookmark, highlight, and dictionary lookup features.