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jchas
Posted February 3, 2010
Mark Twain comedy at its best
I have read this book 3 times over the years. The first time it literally had me laughing out loud as I read it on my lunch hours in the company bresk room. It is a hilarious tale of Twains travel adventure by stage coach from the Mississippi to Californias gold fields with a unique historical perspective of the California gold rush that you wont find any where else. Much more entertaining than his other "travel" books.
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Anonymous
Posted July 21, 2010
Fun Book
Entertaining autobiographical book
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Anonymous
Posted March 30, 2009
Roughing It
Mark Twain is always great. For those who want a trip back into our past, Roughing It is fun.
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Anonymous
Posted December 13, 2007
Endless
After reading the first eight chapters of this book I saw it going nowhere--I was right. To say the least, the book was boring. The thorough descriptions of each character and object in this book made reading it monotonous. This book was no more than a young boy's journal that had no purpose or moral. Honestly, I don't understand why it got published.
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Anonymous
Posted December 6, 2006
A Mark Twain's-eye view of Nevada
This book has no discernable plot or other literary pretenseions to distract from the fun of seeing Virginia City and the Comstock Lode in their heyday through the eyes of a young Samuel Clemens. It could be subtitled 'Autobiography of a Splendid Liar.' It wanders about, goes nowhere in particular and trails off into idle reminiscences, but it's a great trip.
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Anonymous
Posted April 6, 2005
Great book
it is one of the best books i ever read
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Diane50
Posted January 28, 2012
Mixed feelings
The story is a wonderful, not well known time in Mark Twain's life. Those who love the writings of this author, would truly enjoy this chapter of his life - before he changed his name. However, the book did not arrive as pictured here. There was no jacket included with the book so it was a little underwhelming when given as a gift. No time to investigate or do anything about it as it was purachsed as a Christmas gift.
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9337995
Posted August 16, 2011
WOW
Looking into the mind of this great man is facinating. I am part way through this book and am enjoying it greatly. His vivid way of expressing numerous amazing stories is absolutely wonderful. I very much recommend this book to anyone inteligent enough to indestand it.
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Anonymous
Posted June 9, 2006
Decently Dry
It was rather dry however, I could not say that anything written by Mark Twain was not remarkable. Overall, it is a decent effort.
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Posted August 3, 2011
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