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Summary: Show Me
Review: Twain from the Show Me State points to the significant differences between American view points and our across the seas ancestors.Most of all Twain makes us laugh at ourselves and fables of yore. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this vacation tale from the late 1800's. Prejudices and Pride not excepted.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent!
Review: Twain's two most familiar travelogues are collected here in a handsome Library of America edition. Roughing It is by far my favorite. In it we sense the limitless possibilities of 19th century America. Twain is by turns an assistant to his brother (the Secretary of Nevada Territory), a gold miner, a journalist, and a traveller in the Pacific. The Innocents Abroad, while still good, is more labored than Roughing It - it is clear that Twain was more fertile when writing about his native soul. A word about the Library of America editions - if you are interested at all in America's literary heritage, you can't do better than buying these editions. Most are comprehensive, are well-bound, and are durable.
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