![]() ![]() The book contains 328 illustrations, which contribute to the humor in the book, four done by Twain himself, "without outside help. “Besides his accounts of Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, Twain includes local folklore (some of which he made up) and slips in several sketches that have little or nothing to do with Europe, including one of his most famous comic tales, ‘Jim Baker’s Bluejay Yarn” (MacDonnell, 42). The book is the fourth of Mark Twain's six travel books published during his lifetime and is often thought to be an unofficial sequel to the first one, The Innocents Abroad (1869). While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent. ![]() An exceptional example of this American classic, easily the nicest we have seen.Ī mixture of autobiography and fictional events, Twain's Tramp Abroad details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. Denslow, and with four ‘pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help’ with the first state frontispiece captioned “Moses” and state A of the text-block. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1880.įirst edition, first state of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe. ![]()
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