Length16h 32m
About this audiobook
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature by Mark Twain. It was written in 1870–71 and published in 1872, as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad (1869). Roughing It is dedicated to Twain's mining companion Calvin H. Higbie, later a civil engineer who died in 1914. The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman (not included in the account), he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the book. Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and his beginnings as a writer. This memoir provides examples of Twain's rough-hewn humor, which would become a staple of his writing in such later books as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889).
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GenreTravel, General Fiction
Length16 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFATORY.
41CHAPTER XL.
2CHAPTER I.
42CHAPTER XLI.
3CHAPTER II.
43CHAPTER XLII.
4CHAPTER III.
44CHAPTER XLIII.
5CHAPTER IV.
45CHAPTER XLIV.
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6CHAPTER V.
46CHAPTER XLV.
7CHAPTER VI.
47CHAPTER XLVI.
8CHAPTER VII.
48CHAPTER XLVII.
9CHAPTER VIII.
49CHAPTER XLVIII.
10CHAPTER IX.
50CHAPTER XLIX.
11CHAPTER X.
51CHAPTER L.
12CHAPTER XI.
52CHAPTER LI.
13CHAPTER XII.
53CHAPTER LII.
14CHAPTER XIII.
54CHAPTER LIII.
15CHAPTER XIV.
55CHAPTER LIV.
16CHAPTER XV.
56CHAPTER LV.
17CHAPTER XVI.
57CHAPTER LVI.
18CHAPTER XVII.
58CHAPTER LVII.
19CHAPTER XVIII.
59CHAPTER LVIII.
20CHAPTER XIX.
60CHAPTER LIX.
21CHAPTER XX.
61CHAPTER LX.
22CHAPTER XXI.
62CHAPTER LXI.
23CHAPTER XXII.
63CHAPTER LXII.
24CHAPTER XXIII.
64CHAPTER LXIII.
25CHAPTER XXIV.
65CHAPTER LXIV.
26CHAPTER XXV.
66CHAPTER LXV.
27CHAPTER XXVI.
67CHAPTER LXVI.
28CHAPTER XXVII.
68CHAPTER LXVII.
29CHAPTER XXVIII.
69CHAPTER LXVIII.
30CHAPTER XXIX.
70CHAPTER LXIX.
31CHAPTER XXX.
71CHAPTER LXX.
32CHAPTER XXXI.
72CHAPTER LXXI.
33CHAPTER XXXII.
73CHAPTER LXXII.
34CHAPTER XXXIII.
74CHAPTER LXXIII.
35CHAPTER XXXIV.
75CHAPTER LXXIV.
36CHAPTER XXXV.
76CHAPTER LXXV.
37CHAPTER XXXVI.
77CHAPTER LXXVI.
38CHAPTER XXXVII.
78CHAPTER LXXVII.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII.
79CHAPTER LXXIII.
40CHAPTER XXXIX.
80CHAPTER LXXIX.
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