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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Roughing It canonical 6
"Roughing It" 1
"Roughing It" first edition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
semi-autobiographical work
travel narrative
author Mark Twain
Mark Twain
surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
basedOn Mark Twain's personal experiences
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionPages ~591
followedBy novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"
surface form: The Gilded Age
genre autobiographical fiction
humor
travel literature
hasIllustrationsBy True W. Williams
hasPart accounts of Nevada silver mining boom
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
influenced later Western travel writing
language English
literaryMovement American literature
mainCharacter Mark Twain
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor blend of fact and fiction
comic portrayal of the American West
early example of Western humor
originalPublicationFormat book
partOf Mark Twain's early travel books
precededBy The Innocents Abroad
publicationDate 1872
publisher American Publishing Company
settingPeriod mid-19th century
settingRegion Old West
surface form: American West

California, United States
surface form: California

Hawaii
Nevada
surface form: Nevada Territory
subjectMatter American frontier life
Mormonism
Pony Express
mining camps
overland travel
timeOfEventsDescribed 1861–1867
tone humorous
satirical

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Mark Twain notableWork Roughing It
Samuel notableWork Roughing It
subject surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
True W. Williams workedOn Roughing It
this entity surface form: "Roughing It"
True W. Williams providedIllustrationsFor Roughing It
this entity surface form: "Roughing It" first edition
Mark Twain Tonight! includesWorkBy Roughing It