American Literature / Unit 11 AML 1014 short lesson, about 20 seconds
*Life on the Mississippi* and *Roughing It*
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The idea
Twain also wrote from his travels: Roughing It on the western territories and Life on the Mississippi, half a memoir of piloting and half a return years later. Both mix tall tale, reporting and complaint.
In practice
Travel, memoir, and tall tale together.
Where people slip
The comic persona was a paying performance.
Your place on the trail
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