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Author | : Jeffrey Alan Melton |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2002-06-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0817311602 |
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.
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 686 |
Release | : 2020-05-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3846051764 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Author | : Roy Morris Jr. |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2015-03-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0674425340 |
For a man who liked being called the American, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Biographer Roy Morris, Jr., focuses on the dozen years Twain spent overseas and on the popular travel books—The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, and Following the Equator—he wrote about his adventures. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication and unafraid to travel to less developed parts of the globe, Twain encouraged American readers to follow him around the world at the dawn of mass tourism, when advances in transportation made leisure travel possible for an emerging middle class. In so doing, he helped lead Americans into the twentieth century and guided them toward more cosmopolitan views. In his first book, The Innocents Abroad (1869), Twain introduced readers to the “American Vandal,” a brash, unapologetic visitor to foreign lands, unimpressed with the local ambiance but eager to appropriate any souvenir that could be carried off. He adopted this persona throughout his career, even after he grew into an international celebrity who dined with the German Kaiser, traded quips with the king of England, gossiped with the Austrian emperor, and negotiated with the president of Transvaal for the release of war prisoners. American Vandal presents an unfamiliar Twain: not the bred-in-the-bone Midwesterner we associate with Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer but a global citizen whose exposure to other peoples and places influenced his evolving positions on race, war, and imperialism, as both he and America emerged on the world stage.
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Americans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Neider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Humorous stories, American |
ISBN | : |
The majority of these chapters were published as introductions to volumes of Mark Twain's work.
Author | : Harold H. Hellwig |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2008-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786436514 |
This critical study analyzes major concepts in the travel literature of Mark Twain and notes how his oeuvre (including his classic works of fiction) revolves around travel as a central issue. The book focuses especially on his representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the Equator. All receive an in-depth analysis, noting Twain's strong sense of nostalgia for the disappearing American frontier, his growing concern over the assimilation of Native American cultures, and his continual search for a sense of personal and national identity. One appendix provides a complete list of the travel literature contained in Twain's personal library.
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Travelers' writings, American |
ISBN | : 9780857285010 |
Author | : Terry Mort |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2007-06-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1461749239 |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most as Mark Twain, was a quintessential American writer who spent much of his life traveling the world. He encountered colorful characters, cultures, and a variety of adventures along the way, and Mark Twain on Travel is a timeless collection of his writings on the subject. Excerpts included are from classics such as: The Innocents Abroad; A Tramp Abroad; Life on the Mississippi; Roughing It; and Following the Equator.
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publisher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 3262 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 8027230969 |
This unique collection of "The Complete Travel Books, Anecdotes & Memoirs of Mark Twain (Illustrated)" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. "The Innocents Abroad" humorously chronicles Twain's "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. "Roughing It" follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. The book illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation and a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii. "Old Times on the Mississippi" is a short account of Twain's experiences as a cub pilot, learning the Mississippi river. "A Tramp Abroad" details Twain's journey through central and southern Europe with his friend. As the two men make their way through Germany, the Alps, and Italy, they encounter situations made all the more humorous by their reactions to them. "Life on the Mississippi" is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans after the War. "Following the Equator" – In an attempt to extricate himself from debt, Twain undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in English. The book is a social commentary, critical of racism towards Blacks, Asians, and Indigenous groups. "Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion" presents a series of stories about a trip that Twain and some friends took to Bermuda from New York City. "Chapters from my Autobiography" comprises a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations of Mark Twain, assembled during his life. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 13904 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : 9780195090888 |