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Cast in the form of a waling tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, Mark Twain's account of traveling in Europe (1880) sparkles with ... More

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Innocents Abroad began as a series of travel letters written by Mark Twain mainly for the Alta California, a San Francisco paper that sponsored his ... More

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After finishing his religious education and returning to his hometown of Muhajiran Haj Sayyah realizes that his family's plans for him to marry his ... More

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'Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to ... More

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In 1884, Thomas Stevens left San Francisco on a Columbia high-wheeler with the outrageous goal of becoming the first man to ride a bicycle across the ... More

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Read it and live it for yourself: The classic 19th century travelogue by the author of "Treasure Island" and "Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde" is the ... More

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London, Paris, Constantinople, Athens, Cairo and Jerusalem in the 1850s--as seen through the eyes of a former slave

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In 1844 Charles Dickens (1812-70) and his family moved to Italy for a year, eventually settling in Genoa. This book, Dickens' second travel memoir, ... More

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In 1884, Thomas Stevens left San Francisco on a Columbia high-wheeler with the outrageous goal of becoming the first man to ride a bicycle across the ... More

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Henry James's evocative reminiscences of his travels in Italy, France, and England during 1876 1882.

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Margaret Fuller-journalist, critic, radical feminist, and political activist-was a foreign correspondent for the New-York Tribune from 1846-50. This ... More

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George Kennan was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of Russia.

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Title: The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress; being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the ... More

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Rotella's "Stolen Figs" is a marvelous evocation of Calabria and Calabrians, whose way of life is largely untouched by the commerce that has made ... More

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A Traveler at Forty ."rises completely out of the commonplace, and becomes something new, illuminating and heretical. It differs enormously from the ... More

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In 1840, enfant terrible Thophile Gautier set off by coach for Spain, hired by a magazine to send back travelogue chapters. The end result was this ... More

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Written before his death of TB at 27, this subtle work leaves indelible impression.

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Follow the authors on their latest morally reprehensible trip around Europe. Experience the fatigue, the smells and the total lack of appreciation of ... More

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In 1860, W. D. Howells wrote a campaign biography of Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln won the presidency, Howells was rewarded with the job of consul in ... More

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Travel yarns that only America's best-loved author could spin.With a sharp eye and an even sharper wit, Twain is the quintessential tour guide to ... More

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