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Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed Paige Compositor.
- Mark Twain
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- Mark Twain
- 1897
Jun 23, 2004 · FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR. CHAPTER I. A man may have no bad habits and have worse. —Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar. The starting point of this lecturing-trip around the world was Paris, where we had been living a year or two. We sailed for America, and there made certain preparations. This took but little time.
Volume 1 of Following the Equator, starts from France, returning shipboard to U.S., then off on a world tour. He just crossed the Pacific equator southward, and left the constellation Big Bear behind (a failed name, he says, until Congress renamed it the Big Dipper).
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Dec 7, 2020 · First published in 1897, Twain's travel book “Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World” chronicles his 1895 tour of the British Empire when he was 60 years old. Fundamentally a social...
A Journey Around the World. Fascinating humorous account of 1897 voyage to Hawaii, Australia, India, New Zealand, etc. Ironic, bemused reports on peoples, customs, climate, flora and fauna,...
