Author: Twain, Mark

Price: $7.49

Category:Literature & Fiction
Publication Date:2015-05-06T00:00:01Z
Pages:154
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:151207831X
ISBN:13:
My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother. I coveted his distinction and his financial splendor, but particularly and especially the long, strange journey he was going to make, and the curious new world he was going to explore.