Following the equator : a journey around the world
(1901)
Nonfiction
eBook
Series:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Works.
#v. 5-6
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Glagoslav Publications Ltd, 1901
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781784220976 (electronic bk.) MWT13518526, 1784220973 (electronic bk.) 13518526
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Works. #v. 5-6
NOTES
Following the Equator is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed Paige Compositor. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 (equivalent of about $2,975,000 in 2020) he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895 at age 60, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in English
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