The Innocents Abroad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494251598)

Innocents Abroad presents itself as an ordinary travel book. It is based on an actual event, in a retired Civil War ship (the USS Quaker City). The excursion upon which the book is based was billed as a Holy Land expedition, with numerous stops along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as a train excursion from Marseilles, France to Paris for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, and a side trip through the Black Sea to Odessa, all before the ultimate pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Twain recorded his observations and critiques of various aspects of culture and society he met on the journey, some more serious than others, which gradually turned from witty and comedic to biting and bitter as he drew closer to the Holy Land. Once in the Holy Land proper, his tone shifted again, this time to a combination of light-hearted comedy and a reverence not unlike what he had previously mocked in his traveling companions.

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1494251590
ISBN-13: 9781494251598
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2013
Pages: 428
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d