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12 de sept. de 2013 · Following the Equator by Mark Twain. Publication date 1989 Topics Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel, Voyages around the world, Equator -- Description and travel Publisher Dover Publications Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English.
16 de may. de 2012 · Bound on a lecturing trip around the world, Mark Twain turns his keen satiric eye to foreign lands in Following the Equator . The first of two volumes, this vivid record of a sea voyage on the Pacific Ocean displays Twain's instinctive eye for the unusual, his wide-ranging curiosity, and his delight in embellishing the facts.
Following the Equator. : Mark Twain. American Publishing Company, 1897 - Fiction - 712 pages. Mark Twain toured the British Empire in 1895, during which time he began concocting a travelogue about the experience that was published in 1897. Twain's narrative spans the globe, from Australia to Hawaii. Full of tall-tales and real-life criticisms ...
the Equator again--Dressing for Dinner--Ceylon, Hotel Bristol--Servant Brampy--A Feminine Man--Japanese Jinriksha or Cart--Scenes in Ceylon--A Missionary School--Insincerity of Clothes
24 de jun. de 2004 · FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR, Part 4. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Following the Equator, Part 4 by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or ...
— Following the Equator So begins this classic piece of travel writing, brimming with Twain's celebrated brand of ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor. Written just before the turn of the century, the book recounts a lecture tour in which he circumnavigated the globe via steamship, including stops at the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, India, South Africa and elsewhere.
produced by david widger following the equator a journey around the world by mark twain samuel l. clemens hartford, connecticut this book is affectionately inscribed to my young friend harry rogers with recognition of what he is, and apprehension of what he may become unless he form himself a little more closely upon the model
