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Roughing It

by Mark Twain (1835–1910)

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  • 11 hours to read
  • 89 chapters
  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"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.

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  • West (U.S.) · Description and travel
  • Hawaii · Description and travel
  • Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 · Travel · West (U.S.)
  • Authors, American · Homes and haunts · West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.) · Intellectual life · 19th century

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Chapter IX: Among the Indians — An Unfair Advantage — Laying on our Arms — A: Midnight Murder — Wrath of Outlaws — A Dangerous, yet Valuable Citizen

CHAPTER VII. Overland City—Crossing the Platte—Bemis’s Buffalo Hunt—Assault by a Buffalo—Bemis’s Horse Goes Crazy—An Impromptu Circus—A New Departure—Bemis Finds Refuge in a Tree—Escapes Finally by a Wonderful Method

CHAPTER X. History of Slade—A Proposed Fist-fight—Encounter with Jules—Paradise of Outlaws—Slade as Superintendent—As Executioner—A Doomed Whisky Seller—A Prisoner—A Wife’s Bravery—An Ancient Enemy Captured—Enjoying a Luxury—Hob-nobbing with Slade—Too Polite—A Happy Escape

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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Chapter IX: Among the Indians — An Unfair Advantage — Laying on our Arms — A: Midnight Murder — Wrath of Outlaws — A Dangerous, yet Valuable Citizen
  3. Chapter XI: Slade in Montana — “On a Spree” — In Court — Attack on a: Judge — Arrest by the Vigilantes — Turn out of the Miners — Execution of Slade — Lamentations of His Wife — Was Slade a Coward?
  4. Chapter XIV: Mormon Contractors — How Mr. Street Astonished Them — The Case: Before Brigham Young, and How he Disposed of it — Polygamy Viewed from a New Position
  5. Chapter XXIII: A Happy Life — Lake Tahoe and its Moods — Transparency of the: Waters — A Catastrophe — Fire! Fire! — A Magnificent Spectacle — Homeless Again — We take to the Lake — A Storm — Return to Carson
  6. Chapter XXX: Disinterested Friends — How “Feet” Were Sold — We Quit: Tunnelling — A Trip to Esmeralda — My Companions — An Indian Prophesy — A Flood — Our Quarters During It
  7. Chapter XXXIV: About Carson — General Buncombe — Hyde vs. Morgan — How Hyde: Lost His Ranch — The Great Landslide Case — The Trial — General Buncombe in Court — A Wonderful Decision — A Serious Afterthought
  8. Chapter XLIX: Fatal Shooting Affray — Robbery and Desperate Affray — A: Specimen City Official — A Marked Man — A Street Fight — Punishment of Crime
  9. Chapter LII: Freights to California — Silver Bricks — Under Ground: Mines — Timber Supports — A Visit to the Mines — The Caved Mines — Total of Shipments in 1863
  10. Chapter I
  11. Chapter II
  12. Chapter III
  13. Chapter IV
  14. Chapter V
  15. Chapter VI
  16. Chapter VII
  17. Chapter VIII
  18. Chapter IX
  19. Chapter X
  20. Chapter XI
  21. Chapter XII
  22. Chapter XIII
  23. Chapter XIV
  24. Chapter XV
  25. Chapter XVI
  26. Chapter XVII
  27. Chapter XVIII
  28. Chapter XIX
  29. Chapter XX
  30. Chapter XXI
  31. Chapter XXII
  32. Chapter XXIII
  33. Chapter XXIV
  34. Chapter XXV
  35. Chapter XXVI
  36. Chapter XXVII
  37. Chapter XXVIII
  38. Chapter XXIX
  39. Chapter XXX
  40. Chapter XXXI
  41. Chapter XXXII
  42. Chapter XXXIII
  43. Chapter XXXIV
  44. Chapter XXXV
  45. Chapter XXXVI
  46. Chapter XXXVII
  47. Chapter XXXVIII
  48. Chapter XXXIX
  49. Chapter XL
  50. Chapter XLI
  51. Chapter XLII
  52. Chapter XLIII
  53. Chapter XLIV
  54. Chapter XLV
  55. Chapter XLVI
  56. Chapter XLVII
  57. Chapter XLVIII
  58. Chapter XLIX
  59. Chapter L
  60. Chapter LI
  61. Chapter LII
  62. Chapter LIII
  63. Chapter LIV
  64. Chapter LV
  65. Chapter LVI
  66. Chapter LVII
  67. Chapter LVIII
  68. Chapter LIX
  69. Chapter LX
  70. Chapter LXI
  71. Chapter LXII
  72. Chapter LXIII
  73. Chapter LXIV: In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this
  74. Chapter LXV
  75. Chapter LXVI
  76. Chapter LXVII: I still quote from my journal
  77. Chapter LXVIII
  78. Chapter LXIX
  79. Chapter LXX
  80. Chapter LXXI
  81. Chapter LXXII
  82. Chapter LXXIII
  83. Chapter LXXIV
  84. Chapter LXXV
  85. Chapter LXXVI
  86. Chapter LXXVII
  87. Chapter LXXIII
  88. Chapter LXXIX
  89. Appendix

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This free edition of Roughing It by Mark Twain comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #3177, released 2004-07-03. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Humour, Travel Writing, American Literature.

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