The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain boards a retired Navy vessel embarking on an international voyage across the U.S., Europe and Middle East. In The Innocents Abroad, the author recounts his experience as an American traveler, encountering different cultures and historical sites. He offers an eye-opening commentary on old values and the modern world.

About the author

Mark Twain, beloved author, entrepreneur, and speaker, viewed Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc as the pinnacle of his writing career. In fact, he said of this book, the final full-length novel he wrote: "I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well."Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), which he adopted from his time as a riverboat pilot along the Mississippi River. He was wildly successful over the course of his writing career, even starting his own publishing company for a short while as one of his many entrepreneurial endeavors. He was also close personal friends with Nikola Tesla and invented "sticky paste" in Tesla's lab, a dry film on paper that became sticky when moistened.Oft-irreverent Twain had a deep reverence for St. Joan of Arc, as evidenced within the pages of this book: "It took six thousand years to produce her; her like will not be seen in the earth again in fifty thousand." Perhaps one of St. Joan of Arc's enduring miracles was that she was able to melt the heart of this witty, prickly, and most critical of authors.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Twain
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2020
• EAN: 9781513267494
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-6749-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 542 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—Travel Narratives; Mint Editions (Travel Narratives)
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary, c 1800 to c 1900, Literary reference works, Classic Travel Writing