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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roughing It canonical | 6 |
| "Roughing It" | 1 |
| "Roughing It" first edition | 1 |
Statements (47)
| 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"
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surface form:
The Gilded Age
|
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
humor ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | True W. Williams ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| influenced | later Western travel writing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of fact and fiction
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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
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satirical ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
this entity surface form:
"Roughing It"
this entity surface form:
"Roughing It" first edition