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Mark Twain8 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens, who grew up on the Mississippi River in Missouri and worked as a riverboat pilot.More about Mark Twain →
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About this audiobook
Before he was Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens headed west in search of fortune—and found the raw material for a comic masterpiece. Roughing It is his uproarious, big-hearted account of stagecoach rattles across the Plains, saloon-side shenanigans in Nevada’s silver boom, newspapering in wild Virginia City, and a reporting trip to the Sandwich Islands that taught him how to survive both erupting volcanoes and his own overactive imagination. From rattlesnakes and jackass rabbits to desperadoes, land frauds, and the glittering mirage of the Comstock Lode, Twain turns every scrape into a story and every mishap into a punch line.
Narrated with crisp, companionable warmth by Jim Foster, this audiobook brings out the travelogue’s vivid landscapes and the sly timing that makes Twain timeless. Part road-trip chronicle, part frontier history, and all classic Twain, Roughing It captures the hustle, hazards, and hilarity of a nation in mid-leap toward the Pacific.
Perfect for fans of narrative travel, American history, and anyone who loves a good yarn told with a wink, this is the West as you’ve never heard it—boisterous, unbuttoned, and gloriously alive.
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Details
Length
15 hr 37 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
May 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798347358816
Questions
Who narrates the Roughing It audiobook?
This edition of Roughing It by Mark Twain is narrated by Jim Foster.
How long is the Roughing It audiobook?
It runs 15 hr 37 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.
Is this audiobook narrated by a real person?
Yes. Every Academy Voices audiobook is Certified Human Voice: performed start to finish by a real narrator.
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