Following the Equator - Softcover

Twain, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0792238761 ISBN 13: 9780792238768

Publisher: National Geographic Books, 2005

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: December 2005 Pages: 472 Publisher: National Geographic Following the Equator is an account of Mark Twain's round-the-world lecture tour of 189 596. The Book opens in Paris. The FROM which Twain sets out on HIS Journey. In New York. his wife. Olivia. and daughter Clara decide to continue on the tour with Twain. The family sets out from New York accompanied by Major Pond. the tour manager for the North American leg. Following a stop in itish Columbia. the travelers set sail on the Pacific Ocean.After avoiding Hawaii due to a cholera epidemic. the ship lands at Suva. part of the Fiji Islands. After a short stay. Twain moves on to Australia. with his first stop in Sydney. Here he spends considerable space telling about Australian history. society. and people. A stop in Wagga-Wagga ings up the story of the Tichborne Claimant. In Melbourne. Twain relates the ...

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. Though he quit school at age 12, his contributions to literature would later earn him honorary degrees from Oxford University and Yale University. Twain first found international success with the publication of his humorous short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Widely considered the father of American literature, he wrote 28 books--including the classic novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn--and numerous short stories. He died in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910.

Synopsis:

A satirical chronicle of the author's 1895 tour around the world describes the wonders and people he encountered en route and presents a portrait of nineteenth-century travel and customs, in a travelogue enhanced by the author's unique humor, curiosity, and observations. Reprint.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Geographic Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0792238761
• ISBN 13: 9780792238768
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472