Mark
Twain: His Adventures at Aurora and Mono Lake
" Williams successfully crowds the realities and excitements
of Roughing It into 94 engrossing pages that vividly recreate
a sense of the cultural, geographical and industrial landscape
of the Washoe mining frontier." The Californian
First
book of the Mark Twain in the West Series. Provides
an insight into Samuel Clemens' period of life at Aurora,
Nevada where
he worked as a silver miner. The story is based on the
recently discovered unpublished letters by Twain and reflects
an important
part of Twain’s life, largely unnoticed by Twain scholars.
After a brief stint as a soldier, he arrived in Carson
City, Nevada in August 1861 with his brother Orioon. Clemens’ adventures
in Carson City have enriched him with an experience that
he ultimately reflected in his later works - mainly, in Roughing
It, his second book, published in 1872. In April,
1862 Clemens moved on to a silver mining town of Aurora,
Nevada. For half
a year Clemens dealt with mining and prospecting. He had
almost achieved success but ultimately lost his chance
due to the
lack of experience. The book includes thirty-five rare
historical photographs and Clemens’ original mining deeds,
published for the first time.
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94
pages, index, 35 rare photographs, bibliography, guide maps for
travelers
Price: $8.95 ISBN 0-935174-17-6 Quality paper
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