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Roughing it
Roughing it | Mark Twain
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Kimberlone
Roughing it | Mark Twain
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#FallTreasures #Day13 #LesserKnownBook

I got a bit off track last week with the daily prompts (just busy with life), but getting back to it starting today!

Mark Twain is one of my favorite authors, and while he is very much appreciated, this book is super underrated and not nearly as well known as his novels about Tom & Huck. This book is Twain‘s memoir of his years after Life on the Mississippi, when he traveled through the American West.

Saknicole Mark Twain all day every day! That‘s my motto 😂 3y
Saknicole Dern the dern fog 3y
Kimberlone @Saknicole 😂👍🏼 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful shelf!! 3y
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 3y
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OriginalCyn620
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#clouds #bloomingbibliophiles
☁️☁️☁️

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ValerieAndBooks
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My mom just sent me three more of my Dad‘s books. This was one of them, and looks like it‘s been...roughing it. Really cool to find my dad‘s inscription inside and these two cards stuck inside the pages. Apparently both sites are still standing and Mark Twain once spoke at the opera house. that saloon‘s name though 😂 !!

LauraJ That is so freakin‘ cool! 5y
LeahBergen Fantastic! 😍😍 5y
JazzFeathers This is so awesome! 5y
ValerieAndBooks @lauraj @leahbergen @jazzfeathers it was neat that I talked with my mom after discovering the ephemera inside, and she was telling me that they both went back there about 25 years ago (the 1960 visit was just my dad; he hadn't met my mom yet). Then my hubby said he was at that saloon with his family as a kid! Think now I have to visit for myself someday 🙂. BTW the book itself is in good condition; it's the cover that isn't. 5y
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cajunsyd
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Finally getting around to reading this book by one of my favorite authors that has been on my shelf for a while.

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mabell
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Mehso-so

Getting through Roughing It was ... uh, rough. I love Mark Twain‘s humor and wit - but wow the overt and repeated racism was too much for this memoir to be enjoyable. There was quite a bit of material I skimmed - Tall tales, involved anecdotes of dubious worth, etc.

It did, however, have redeeming points, such as:
A firsthand account of the stagecoach from St. Joe to the Nevada Territory
The Pony Express
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) 150 years ago

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Kimberlone
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#Riotgrams #BookDeservingMoreReaders

Another late post for yesterday‘s prompt - I definitely think that Twain‘s non-fiction gets forgotten when compared to the acclaim for his novels, but there is so much enjoyment to be had in books like Roughing It. This autobiographical account follows Twain as he sets out for the west in the 1860s, and dabbles in being a secretary, miner, and eventually reporter. Full of his characteristic wit and satire.

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vilijat
Roughing it | Mark Twain
Mehso-so

It was exciting at first! I was reading it with an approach of "learning how it was back then", book had a tasteful amount of sarcasm which I also enjoy.
But as new stories kept on coming and coming started feeling like, when is it gonna end?

It is a sarcastic diary of a character that goes through a crazy amount of things in his life. Perhaps a chapter a week, like Simpsons, could have kept my interest all through the book.

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Megara
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Why hello, early edition of Roughing It.

TheBookDream 😍 7y
Megara @TheBookDream I THINK it‘s a first edition second printing... 7y
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Kimberlone
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RIOTGRAMS DAY 11: Underrated Read

While certainly not underrated himself, Mark Twain‘s non-fiction books definitely don‘t get enough love these days. Twain is often at his funniest in books like Roughing It. See: young Twain‘s futile attempts at striking it rich as a miner. He basically gives up immediately because it‘s too hard. #riotgrams #day11 #underrated

Saknicole Twain forever!!! 7y
Saknicole I just got a new copy of Innocents Abroad the other day... 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 1! Isn't this edition gorgeous?! I want this--nay, need this--for my coffee table 😁. This is a travelogue that is a humorous time-capsule of a travelogue. Twain had set out with his brother into the western American frontier, and he recorded all he experienced. They worked from town to town doing various odd jobs, reporter, lecturer, gold prospector. A delightful and educational work from a legend. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Kimberlone I wrote my undergrad honors thesis on Twain and his connection to the American West, this was my main primary source! One of my favorites by MT, and so so funny. 7y
RealBooks4ever WANT!! 😻😻😻 7y
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