BAL states that this English edition preceded the American edition by a few days. This is the English edition of Following the Equator, with significant textual differences: it contains 6,000 words deleted from the American edition, deletes 1,400 words found in the American edition, and has different chapter divisions. First British edition of Following the Equator. Small Octavo (7 3/4' x 5 1/2') bound in original publisher's maroon cloth with embossed cover and gilt lettering to cover and spine. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. A TRAMP ABROAD showcases Twain' s unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative.

Cast in the form of a waling tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, Mark Twain' s account of traveling in Europe (1880) sparkles with his shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author' s attempts to study Art - a wholly imagined activity Twain 'authenticated' with his own wonderfully primitive pictures included in this volume. Twain' s account of traveling in Europe, A Tramp Abroad (1880) sparkles with the author' s shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Several other cities are touched and described during their travels, as well as mountains such as Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, the Rigi-Kulm and Mont-Blanc.Paperback. The end of the book covers his trip through several cities in northern Italy (Milan, Venice and Rome). The second part describes his travels through Switzerland and eastern France (Lucerne, Interlaken, Zermatt, Chamonix and Geneva). The first half of the book covers their stay in south-western Germany (Heidelberg, Mannheim, a trip on the Neckar river, Baden-Baden and the Black Forest). The book is the third of Mark Twain's five travel books and is often thought to be an unofficial sequel to the first one, The Innocents Abroad. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.

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