The Innocents Abroad - Softcover

Twain, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619492350 ISBN 13: 9781619492356

Publisher: Empire Books, 2011

Synopsis

In 1867, Mark Twain and a group fellow-Americans toured Europe and the Holy Land, aboard a retired Civil War ship known as “Quaker City.” Throughout the journey, Twain kept a written record of his experiences. “The Innocents Abroad” is both a travelogue and a critique of clashing cultures—but more importantly, it is an entertaining and insightful work written by one of the great masters of American prose.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book offers a glimpse of a major writer when he was and just beginning to flex his muscles, and also serves as an enduring no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveler of Europe and the Holy Land.

About the Author:

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel Longhorn Clemens in Florida, Missouri, and died in Redding, Connecticut. A satirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, he is one of America's greatest novelists.

Tom Quirk is currently the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The author of several books, he is the editor of Mark Twain's Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches for Penguin Classics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Empire Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1619492350
• ISBN 13: 9781619492356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316