Roughing It
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Roughing It is a semi-autobiographical travel narrative by Mark Twain that humorously recounts his adventures and observations in the American West during the mid-19th century.
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| instanceOf |
book
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semi-autobiographical work → travel narrative → |
| author |
Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens → |
| basedOn |
Mark Twain's personal experiences
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| firstEditionPages |
~591
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| followedBy |
The Gilded Age
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| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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humor → travel literature → |
| hasIllustrationsBy |
True W. Williams
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| hasPart |
accounts of Nevada silver mining boom
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chapters on Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) → descriptions of stagecoach travel → episodes in Carson City → episodes in Virginia City → observations on frontier society → |
| includesDepictionOf |
American Civil War era context
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| influenced |
later Western travel writing
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| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
American literature
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| mainCharacter |
Mark Twain
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| mediaType |
print
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| notableFor |
blend of fact and fiction
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comic portrayal of the American West → early example of Western humor → |
| originalPublicationFormat |
book
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| partOf |
Mark Twain's early travel books
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| precededBy |
The Innocents Abroad
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| publicationDate |
1872
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| publisher |
American Publishing Company
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| settingPeriod |
mid-19th century
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| settingRegion |
American West
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California → Hawaii → Nevada Territory → |
| subjectMatter |
American frontier life
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Mormonism → Pony Express → mining camps → overland travel → |
| timeOfEventsDescribed |
1861–1867
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| tone |
humorous
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satirical → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens → |
notableWork |
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True W. Williams
(""Roughing It" first edition")
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providedIllustrationsFor |
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American Publishing Company
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publisherOf |
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True W. Williams
(""Roughing It"")
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workedOn |