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But the good parts make this very much worth reading. I me...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 14:07:58 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 14:14:23 -0700 2009 Life on the Mississippi a while ago, but decided to try this one as a travel narrative. Overall, it held my attention ... barely. The first part, regarding his stagecoach trip from MO to NV, with a stopover in Salt Lake City, wasn't too bad. The middle part, focusing on his time ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:03:32 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:10:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 16:59:58 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:46:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 00:15:33 -0800 2009 Wed May 06 19:43:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 22:23:56 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 16:34:50 -0700 2008 1 Roughing It is an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's travels across the United States and its western territories. While his story is, at its base, factual, he has clearly added a few "stretchers" to liven the proceedings.

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What I discovered from Twain is that Hawaii has changed quite a bit since the middle-19th centu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 07:21:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 29 19:42:18 -0800 2008 Tue May 12 07:21:29 -0700 2009
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