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Wild West & Heavenly Hawaii | Roughing It (Mark Twain)

Wild West & Heavenly Hawaii | Roughing It (Mark Twain)

Mere Mortals Book Reviews

August 24, 202324m 58sFull

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Show Notes

Let's pack it up and go strike it rich!

'Roughing It' by Mark Twain is a collection of rambling anecdotes from his travels as a younger man. It details his travels to the Wild West during the California gold rush, working as a journalist in San Francisco and crossing the Pacific Ocean to reach the Kingdom of Hawaii. There are many funny stories within and is semi-autobiographical but with plenty of fictional inventions as well.

I summarised the book as follows. "I'm a huge fan of Mark Twain in general and this book didn't let me down. It really has everything: entertaining, informational, a unique perspective, historical, funny, etc,. My favourite part was the middle section and the only way to make it better would have been if it was slightly shorter."

I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(0:27) - Synopsis
(3:19) - America: Capturing it's spirit
(12:30) - Nature: Seeing is believing
(18:13) - Observations/Takeaways
(22:49) - Summary


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