Im Gold- und Silberland

Mark Twain

This German collection follows Mark Twain’s humorous autobiographical years in Nevada and California: Carson City, silver fever and unlucky prospecting, mining camps, newspaper work in Virginia City, San Francisco, and his first public lecture. Through comic characters and sharp observation, Twain contrasts dreams of sudden wealth with the realities of the American West. Four independent sketches about childhood and other unusual encounters close the volume.