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Interesting that Twain never mentions the Donner party expedition in this memoir. I'm sure he was aware of it that it was known to him?

"And I think that to one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, is the loveliest" Yes MT!

Mark Twain is what I would call "difficult" reading at times. He uses lots of old vocabulary and his roundabout (I know that his style) ways of telling stories for comic effect. Gratifying reading through and through.

I will read everything Mark Twain has written.

"the Book of Mormon is a rather stupid and tiresome read..." I love MT

According g to Wikipedia Mark Twain took some liberties with the description of Slade. His use of extreme exaggeration in the interest of humor is flawed I guess.

Mark Twain mocks climbers lol! Go Mark Twain!