Roughing it Lecture, version 1

The Chicago Tribune 20 December 1871 [Transcribed text of MT lecture, given 18 December 1871.] "MARK TWAIN." Sketch of the Great American Humorist's Lecture, Delivered in the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church — An Original Introduction — Mark's Experience with a "Genuine Mexican Plug" — Reportorial Experience at Virginia City — Remarkable Exploits as a Duellist.

The Chicago Tribune 24 December 1871 "MARK TWAIN." A Few More Passages from the Great Humorist's Lecture at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church — Lake Tahoe and Camp Life in Its Vicinity — Remarkable Recovery of an Invalid — Hunting Rocky Mountain Sheep — Mark's Great Sand Shifter — Duelling at Virginia City.

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We have already given liberal extracts from the lecture which Mark Twain delivered in this city on Monday evening. The matter pans out so well, both in a literary and humorous point of view, that we append a few more passages taken from the copious notes of our reporter:

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