Roughing It by Mark Twain

ROUGHING IT is a humorous travelogue by Mark Twain, author of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Twain wrote ROUGHING IT after his sojourn to the western territories in 1861-1867, and contains Twain's recollections of (with humorous additions) Salt Lake City, Nevada Territory, gold and silver prospecting, and a trip to Hawaii.