About the Book
This is the only edition of "Roughing It" to include over 100 historic photographs, paintings, drawings and maps, not found in any other edition, giving the reader an authentic glimpse of the era depicted in Twain's saga. This is also the only edition to include a comprehensive index listing over 800 names of people, places, events and things mentioned in the book, which will be useful to readers, researchers, students, librarians, and reviewers. The ultimate classic tome of the Sagebrush School of literature, "Roughing It" is the semi-autobiographical narrative of the early adventures of Mark Twain. Roving through the territories of the wild west, and beyond to Hawaii, this is the tall tale of Twain's rough-and-tumble journey of self-discovery. The exploits, hardships, and amazements he encountered along the way were the fodder for his early writings and lectures when he finally found his true calling, becoming one of America's favorite humorists. Photographers, artists, and cartographers in this Special Edition include: W. Bailey, Hubert Howe Bancroft, H.V.A. von Beckh, Albert Bierstadt, Robert K. Bonine, Mathew Brady, Grafton Tyler Brown, Samuel S. Buckland, Charles William Carter, Henry L. Chase, James H. Crockwell, T. L. Dawes, Menzies Dickson, Mark Diederichsen, Patricia D. Duncan, Martin Fisher, C.D. Fredericks, Charles Furneaux, Alfred Richard Gurrey, Jr., Hatchetfish, Hoelke & Benecke, Thomas Houseworth, William Henry Jackson, Will James, Edward Jump, Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Robert W. Kerrigan, Larry Kingsbury, Augustus Koch, Russell Lee, Jet Lowe, J.P. Mechlin, Fritz Meyer, Alfred Jacob Miller, Henry Mitchell, Itaro Morihiro, Charles Marion Russell, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, George M Ottinger, Frederic Remington, Charles Roscoe Savage, Roswell Morse Shurtleff, B.L. Singley, Strohmeyer & Wyman, Jules Tavernier, Carleton E. Watkins, John Webber, Charles L. Weed, James J. Williams, True Williams
