Roughing It
Subtitle: The Works of Mark Twain
Edition: Scholarly edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 13, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1111
ISBN-13: 9780520084988
Subjects: Classic travel writing; Other prose: 19th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Homes and haunts; Twain, Mark,; Twain, Mark 1835-1910; Fiction; Biography / Autobiography; English; Literature: Classics; USA; Humorous; Historical - U.S; Literary; Journeys; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Twain, Mark; West (U.S.); Authors, American; Westerns - General; 1835-1910; 19th century; Intellectual life; Travel
First sentence: My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of treasurer, comptroller, secretary of state, and acting governor in the governor's absence.