Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Twain, Mark

Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512601510)

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Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Twain, Mark

Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

$19.95
Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Twain, Mark

Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) repeatedly traversed the ocean during his globetrotting life. A keen observer, the man who recast himself as Mark Twain was fascinated by seafaring. This book compiles selections ranging from his first voyage in 1866--San Francisco to Hawaii--to his circumnavigation of the world by steamship 1897. Despite his background as a "brown water" mariner, Twain was out of his element on the ocean. His writings about being at sea (as well as feeling at sea) reflect both a growing familiarity with voyaging and an enduring sense of amazement. Twain's shipboard observations capture his interest and amusement in the "blue water" mariners he encountered, with their salty subculture and individual quirks. Twain at Sea collects the author's essays and travelogues on the maritime world in one volume, including excerpts from Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, and other sources.

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1512601519
ISBN-13: 9781512601510
Publisher: University Press of New England
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2018
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
By Mark Twain
By Mark Twain
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MARK TWAIN was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the village of Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He worked four years on a Mississippi steamboat, frequently traveled overseas, and wrote about all of his voyages. In between these pursuits, he invented the American novel with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910. ERIC PAUL ROORDA is professor of history at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, and co-director of The Munson Institute, a graduate maritime studies program at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. He is the author of The Dictator Next Door, which won two national book awards, and Cuba, America, and the Sea. He is the co-editor of The Dominican Republic Reader: History, Politics, Culture and the editor of The Ocean Reader: History, Politics, Culture.

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