Author: Mark TwainPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3846051764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
The Innocents Abroad
Author: Mark TwainPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3846051764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Traveling with the Innocents Abroad
Author: Daniel Morley McKeithanPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806187611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Here, collected in book form for the first time, are the letters written by Mark Twain on the famous Holy Land Excursion of 1867—letters that Twain once said would ruin him if published. Twain, a brash young journalist with one book under his belt, was one of seventy-seven passengers on the steamship Quaker City when it left New York in June 1867, to begin “The Grand Holy Land Pleasure Excursion.” As special correspondent for the Daily Alta California, Twain wrote fifty letters during the next six months, describing in detail the places visited and the sights seen as the pilgrims journeyed from Tangier to Paris, then to Venice, Constantinople, and Bethlehem—with many stops in between. Full of sprightly humor and savage satire, these letters also contain some of the most elegant vituperation ever to appear in an American newspaper. Twain later incorporated parts of the letters into The Innocents Abroad, probably the most famous travel book ever written by an American, but every letter was drastically revised to appeal to the more refined taste of eastern readers. Daniel Morley McKeithan’s discussion of the alterations and deletions made in each letter throws light on Twain’s methods of composition and revision. Those who have read The Innocents Abroad and those who have not will find equal delight in this volume.
The Writings of Mark Twain
Author: Mark TwainThe Writings of Mark Twain: The innocents abroad
Author: Mark TwainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Writings of Mark Twain: The innocents abroad
Author: Mark TwainPublisher:
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Category : Christian Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A Tramp Abroad
Author: Mark TwainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Details Mark Twain's journey through central and southern Europe, including Germany, the Alps, and Italy.
The Writings of Mark Twain: The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrim's progress
Author: Mark TwainMark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism
Author: Jeffrey Alan MeltonPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817311602
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Grounding this study in tourist theory, Melton explores how, in five travel books, Twain captures the birth and growth of a new creature who would go on to change the map of the world: the American tourist."--BOOK JACKET.
The Writings of Mark Twain
Author: Albert Bigelow PaineThe Innocents Abroad (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Mark TwainPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Innocents Abroad is a travel book which humorously chronicles the trip Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion," on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. The excursion was billed as a Holy Land expedition, with numerous stops and side trips along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, such as the train excursion from Marseille to Paris for the 1867 Paris Exhibition during the reign of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire, a journey through the Papal States to Rome, a side trip through the Black Sea to Odessa, and finally culminating in an excursion through the Holy Land. Twain recorded his observations and critiques of the various aspects of culture and society which he encountered on the journey, some more serious than others. Many of his observations draw a contrast between his own experiences and the often grandiose accounts in contemporary travelogues, which were regarded in their own time as indispensable aids for traveling in the region. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He is best known for his two novels – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but his satirical stories and travel books are also widely popular. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned him praise from critics and peers. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age.