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1 de jan. de 2008 · Following the Equator. Paperback – January 1, 2008. The classic travelogue of one of America's most famous authors, Mark Twain, "Following the Equator" was written when having fallen upon hard times financially, Twain found himself compelled to take a tour of the British Empire in 1895 and write about it. This is that account, published in ...
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23 de jun. de 2004 · FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR Part 1. A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD BY MARK TWAIN SAMUEL L. CLEMENS HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1. CHAPTER I. The Party—Across America to Vancouver—On Board the Warrimo—Steamer Chairs-The Captain-Going Home under a Cloud—A Gritty Purser—The Brightest Passenger—Remedy for Bad Habits—The Doctor and the Lumbago—A Moral Pauper—Limited Smoking ...
11 de mai. de 2008 · Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel, Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Twain, Mark 1835-1910, Voyages around the world, Travel, Voyages around the world, Weltreise, Equator -- Description and travel, Equator Publisher Hartford, Connecticut : American Publishing Company Collection americana Book from the collections of unknown library Language English
It is robbery, humiliation, and slow, slow murder, through poverty and the white man's whisky. The savage's gentle friend, the savage's noble friend, the only magnanimous and unselfish friend the savage has ever had, was not there with the merciful swift release of his poisoned pudding. There are many humorous things in the world; among them ...
— Following the Equator So begins this classic piece of travel writing, brimming with Twain's celebrated brand of ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor. Written just before the turn of the century, the book recounts a lecture tour in which he circumnavigated the globe via steamship, including stops at the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, India, South Africa and elsewhere.
12 de set. de 2007 · Following the equator; a journey around the world by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Publication date 1897 Topics Voyages around the world, Australia ...
16 de mai. de 2012 · Bound on a lecturing trip around the world, Mark Twain turns his keen satiric eye to foreign lands in Following the Equator . The first of two volumes, this vivid record of a sea voyage on the Pacific Ocean displays Twain's instinctive eye for the unusual, his wide-ranging curiosity, and his delight in embellishing the facts.
