
Roughing It
A Personal Narrative
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Narrated by:
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Norman Dietz
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By:
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Mark Twain
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Editorial reviews
Norman Dietz’s resonant voice, and his affable delivery, makes him the ideal actor to perform the spirited memoir Roughing It: A Personal Narrative by writer Mark Twain. This entertaining travelogue explores a seven-year journey through the wilderness of the American west. The original plan had been a mere three-month excursion to tour silver mines. Twain traveled with his brother Orion Clemens - the Secretary of Nevada Territory - and derived much humor from their adventures in unfamiliar landscapes and situations.
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Take a lazy weekend to savor this book. There's a lot here. Twain weaves humor, history, and first hand experience into a tale that one should not miss.
Maybe I'm Biased
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Don't miss this classic!!!
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Several laughs per page...so to speak...
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I didn't find the problems with audio quality that others reported. I agree that Fraley's recording of "Huckleberry Finn" is a superior piece of work, but Norman Dietz does a great job on this one. He's droll, unassuming, loquacious, and endearing, and he adopts one of a variety of other voices at the drop of a hat. My one complaint would be a certain breathiness of delivery -- occasional rapid delivery punctuated by sharp intakes of breath. I think this is partly a matter of recording age and technology: I find that occurring less often on more recent audiobooks. In any case, for an audiobook that gave me this much pleasure, I have to give it five stars.
Hilarious
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If you live in the West or paln a trip out here, it is a great "Read" to understand the fabric and flavor of the area.
Roughing It
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Funny and Entertaining
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I only had one complaint about this recording. I'm sure everyone has seen jokes that get passed around the office, Xeroxed and faxed over and over until they're almost unreadable. This recording reminded me of that. The quality is extremely poor. If I had known about the audio quality beforehand, I wouldn't have purchased this recording.
Always a favorite
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I personally enjoyed the part about his travels in Lake Tahoe.What about Norman Dietz’s performance did you like?
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Mark Twain = ClassicTwain is a funny man
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Hilarious and well read!
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One of Twain's best books
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