{"product_id":"2026200015156-secondhand-roughing-it","title":"Roughing It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the American West was tamed, one man rode straight into its wild heart and came back with a story that changed travel writing forever. Roughing It is Mark Twain's riotous, semi-autobiographical account of his six-year odyssey across the frontier — from Missouri to Nevada, through the silver mining camps of the Comstock Lode, across the Pacific to Hawaii, and back again — chronicling every stagecoach disaster, swindling prospector, and sun-scorched desert mile with the eye of a born journalist and the wit of a natural comedian.\n\nTwain's prose here is at its most unbridled and exuberant, blending sharp social satire with vivid documentary detail to paint an unforgettable portrait of mid-19th-century American expansion. The narrative uncovers the myths and absurdities of the pioneering dream — the get-rich-quick fever, the lawless boomtowns, and the breathtaking landscape that dwarfed them all — with an irreverence that cemented Twain's reputation as the defining voice of the American experience. A masterwork of comic travel literature, Roughing It leaves the reader wondering: was the frontier civilising the men who crossed it, or was it the other way around?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203189678299,"sku":"2026200015156-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1b68c89e-3ead-4848-92b2-216963ba255e.png?v=1788145383","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015156-secondhand-roughing-it","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}