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The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered steamship Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City ) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867.
- Mark Twain
- 1869
“Innocents Abroad” is a classic that fulfills this goal nicely and a fun read to boot. In 1867, the nearly unknown journalist Mark Twain set out at age 32 on a chartered ship from New York with a group of Americans for a three-month tour around the Mediterranean with major overland side-trips.
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Overview. In 1867, the San Francisco Alta Californian assigned its 31-year-old reporter Mark Twain to cover a steamboat pleasure trip to the Mediterranean. Twain’s account of the trip was published in 1869 as The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim’s Progress.
The Innocents Abroad, a humorous travel narrative by Mark Twain, published in 1869 and based on Twain’s letters to newspapers about his 1867 steamship voyage to Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. The Innocents Abroad sharply satirizes tourists who learn what they should see and feel by reading
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Praise. “There was never anybody like him; there never will be.”—William Dean Howells. 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...
Apr 3, 2007 · Mark Twain. Penguin, Apr 3, 2007 - Fiction - 560 pages. One of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain’s irreverent and...
