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American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad

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Description for American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad Hardcover. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication or travel to undeveloped parts of the globe, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Roy Morris, Jr. focuses on the dozen years he lived overseas and the books he wrote encouraging middle-class Americans to follow him around the world, at the dawn of mass tourism. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674416697
SKU
V9780674416697
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99-50

About Roy Morris
Roy Morris, Jr., is the author of numerous books, including Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain.

Reviews for American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad
For readers not familiar with Mark Twain's travel literature, Morris will open up a new facet of his extensive writing career... This lively overview provides an accessible entry point to the lesser-known works of a great American writer.
Publishers Weekly (03/16/2015) In this vibrant, fresh look at the venerable writer, historian Morris traces Twain's journeys and his evolving perspective on world ... Read more

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