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Fully entitled "The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress," Twain's colorful travelogue is a compilation of the newspaper articles he wrote while on a cruise to Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land with other American tourists in 1867. His account frequently uses humor... Read Full Overview

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe... Read Full Overview

The Inoocents Abroad by Mark Twain, Large Print Edition. This novel is a very humorous look at Americans travelling through Europe and the confusion that ensues. "The people of those foreign countries are very, very ignorant. They looked curiously at the costumes we had brought... Read Full Overview

One of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's irreverent and incisive commentary on nineteenth century Americans encountering the Old World.

Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous... Read Full Overview

In 1867, Mark Twain set out from New York City for Europe and the Holy Land on the paddle-steamer Quaker City. The result of that trip was The Innocents Abroad, a travel book unlike any that had gone before it. Irreverent and irrepressible, Twain pokes fun at officious tour guides... Read Full Overview

Here, collected in book form for the first time, are the letters written by Mark Twain on the famous Holy Land Excursion of 1867--letters that Twain once said would ruin him if published. Twain, a brash young journalist with one book under his belt, was one of seventy-seven... Read Full Overview

The Innocents AbroadThe New Pilgrims' ProgressMark TwainThe Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel... Read Full Overview

The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe... Read Full Overview

Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

First published in 1896, "The Innocents Abroad" is a travel book written by Mark Twain. Within it, Twain recounts his trip aboard the ship "Quaker City" as it travelled through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. The book sold more copies than any other Twain wrote in his life... Read Full Overview