Roughing It

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Roughing It

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.31

Description

Roughing It by Mark Twain is basically fiction, as he says, it includes "a good deal of information." In the story, he travels westward and encounters situations as he goes along--some of which are already known in our history, such as silver-mining in Nevada, the Pony Express and some of the Express stations such as: Honey Lake Smith's state station, Horse-Shoe Station and Laparette Station. Twain & his mother come to St. Joseph by steamer and transfer to stage coach. He mentions his visit in St. Joseph. This book is from the Don Reynolds collection. 330/Hardbound

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Communication, Mining, Pony express, Silver mining

Search Terms

Mark Twain in St. Joseph, Western Migration, Honey Lake Pony Express Station, Smith's Pony Express Station, Horse-Shoe Pony Express Station, Laparette Pony Express Station, Twain, Mark, Nevada

Book Details

Author

Mark Twain

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1899

Call No.

Western TW

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Samuel L. Clemens

Person or Organization

Mark Twain