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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 818.403 EAN: 9780486428321 ISBN: 048642832X Label: Dover Publications Manufacturer: Dover Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 652 Publication Date: August 11, 2003 Publisher: Dover Publications Studio: Dover Publications Related Items:
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 Rating:  - What if Israel did not exist?I had heard that Mark Twain travelled around and wrote about the Middle east. Today some ask the question: "What if Israel did not exist?" The answer is right there by someone Americans can trust. Mark Twain says it all in the Innocents Abroad." That is what the whole Middle east would be if Israel did not exist. Rating:  - A meandering tale of 19th-century travelThis book is NOT an easy read, but it does have its rewards. "The Innocents Abroad" is a long and meandering travelogue recounting Twain's 1867 trip to Europe and the Middle East aboard a chartered steamship of American tourists. Twain is observant, droll and amusing, but he also bogs the narrative down with numerous tedious tangents and obscure literary and bibilical references. It is interesting to see the world of 1867 through Twain's eyes and to find that many of the ... Read More Rating:  - Arrogance RevisitedThe book is nothing more than the arrogance of American pilgrims or travelers looking and sounding superior to "foreigners." I could not get through it and I don't regret it. Rating: - Innocents (not innocence) AbroadIt was with delight that I picked up Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad. Above all other other authors, it was probably Twain that directed me towards my degree (minor though it is) in English. I also love to travel and see new cultures and places. Because of this I couldn't have imagined a better author than Twain to accompany on a romp through Europe and the Middle East. The first couple of pages alone were entertaining, so I plunged into it with excitement. What I found is that not even Mark Twain can ... Read More Rating: - Twain's Post Civil War Tourism in Europe and the Middle EastAs the United States was recovering from the devastating effects of the Civil War, a group of "pilgrims" (as Twain calls them) boarded a steamer for an extended five month picnic to Europe and the Holy Land. His passage was paid, about $1250, by a newspaper in California in return for a series of what turned out to be 50 letters documenting this tourist experience. In the process, he got a lot of mileage out of caricaturizing his inner circle amongst the some 65 pilgrims, making them famous...and ... Read More 
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