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Publication date 1897 topics voyages around the world, australia description and travel, india description and travel. Mark twain enjoyed immense public popularity during his lifetime, and was already one the bestknown authors in america when, in 1895, he set out on a worldwide lecture tour, undertaken to help him recover from bankruptcy following the failure of his publishing company. The internets only blog devoted entirely to the legacy of mark twain in the world today. Dec 05, 2019 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Overall, innocents abroad is a bit funnier but following the equator is a pretty close second. Following the equator documents mark twain s journey around the world in 1897 as he visits australia, tasmania, new zealand, india, the island of mauritius and south africa. Brimming with ironic, tongueincheek humor, the book describes shark fishing in australia, riding the rails in india, tiger hunting, diamond mining in south africa, much more. Starting in paris, he journeyed across america to vancouver, and thence, via. Following the equator and antiimperialist essays the oxford mark twain by twain, mark.
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