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Roughing it / by Mark Twain ; with illustrations by eminent artists ; afterword by Scott Russell Sanders.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (Author). Clements, Samuel Langhorne. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0895776286
ISBN: 9780895776280
Physical Description: ix, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1994]
Copyright: ©1994

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Inducements to purchase -- A tough statement -- Suspended operations -- An unpleasant view -- The concentrated inhabitant -- The south pass -- I was touched -- The family bedstead -- Greeley's ride -- The Washoe zephyr -- Fire at Lake Tahoe -- "You might think him an American horse" -- An armed ally -- Crossing the flood --Camping in the snow -- Quartz Mill in Nevada -- Lake Mono -- "Stove heap gone" -- Bird's-eye view of Virginia and Mount Davidson -- The great "Flour sack" procession -- Col. Jack "Weakens" -- Imparting information -- The heroes and heroines of the story -- Jonah outdone -- Dollinger -- Miss Wagner -- Waiting for a customer -- Chinese lottery -- The miner's dream -- Looking for mischief -- Royalty and its satellites -- Going into the mountains -- Kealakekua Bay and Cook's monument -- The crater -- A view in the Iao Valley -- Severe case of stage fright.