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• ISBN: 0895776286
• ISBN: 9780895776280
• Physical Description: ix, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1994]
• Copyright: ©1994

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Inducements to purchase -- A tough statement -- Suspended operations -- An unpleasant view -- The concentrated inhabitant -- The south pass -- I was touched -- The family bedstead -- Greeley's ride -- The Washoe zephyr -- Fire at Lake Tahoe -- "You might think him an American horse" -- An armed ally -- Crossing the flood --Camping in the snow -- Quartz Mill in Nevada -- Lake Mono -- "Stove heap gone" -- Bird's-eye view of Virginia and Mount Davidson -- The great "Flour sack" procession -- Col. Jack "Weakens" -- Imparting information -- The heroes and heroines of the story -- Jonah outdone -- Dollinger -- Miss Wagner -- Waiting for a customer -- Chinese lottery -- The miner's dream -- Looking for mischief -- Royalty and its satellites -- Going into the mountains -- Kealakekua Bay and Cook's monument -- The crater -- A view in the Iao Valley -- Severe case of stage fright.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Travel > West (U.S.)
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > West (U.S.)
Authors, American > 19th century > Travel > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Intellectual life > 19th century.

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Autobiographies.

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