Around the World With Mark Twain
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ISBN: 1559705221 / Publisher: Arcade Publishing, July 2000
Chronicles the author's travels from Cleveland to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa as he followed Mark Twain's 1895 journey around the world at a time in which Twain faced financial ruin and personal loss.
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On July 14, 1895, Samuel Clemens, age 59 and deeply in debt, trained to Cleveland to launch a performance tour that would alleviate his financial woes and resuscitate his alter ego, Mark Twain. The journey took him to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa. One hundred years later, Cooper (retired professor of sociology, Hebrew U., Jerusalem) followed the author's itinerary to create this book part biography, travelogue, and social history. Twain made his way from the polluted landscapes of Montana to a vermin-infested jail in South Africa where the Boer government had imprisoned members of the Reform Committee. And then there's the mundane, Twain complaining about late trains and bad hotel accommodations, and constantly rehearsing for his performances to make them appear spontaneous. The volume seems aimed at the widest possible readership. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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