Following the Equator, Vol.2
The Authorized Uniform Edition
- Editore:
Wildside Press
- EAN:
9780809533220
- ISBN:
0809533227
- Pagine:
- 400
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Following the Equator, Vol.2
As America's finest writer, Mark Twain could make entertaining reading -- and great literature -- out of almost anything. Here we have a book begun out of adversity. The great novelist, satirist, and public celebrity was broke, ruined by various ill-advised investment schemes; but, being a man of honor on a public stage, he resolved to pay off every cent of his crushing debt. He did so by going on a two-year, round-the-world lecture tour, where he spoke to sold-out houses in Europe, India, and Australia, all the while gathering material for yet another best-selling travel book, filled with his trademark wit and brilliant observation. Even after more than a century this book is still a must-read. Whatever has been forgotten about the times and places Twain describes he has recreated for us, vividly and forever.