Roughing It

Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.” - Mark Twain, Roughing It

As a teenager, Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain spent a great deal of his time travelling from town to town with his brother in the states of Nevada, California and Sandwich Island - currently known as Hawaii. Roughing It is about these adventures from gold digging and real estate speculation to find his true meaning and vocation as a writer and novelist.