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A TRAMP ABROAD showcases Twain' s unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative.

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 his shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author' s attempts to study Art - a wholly imagined activity Twain 'authenticated' with his own wonderfully primitive pictures included in this volume. Twain' s account of traveling in Europe, A Tramp Abroad (1880) sparkles with the author' s shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative.

A tramp abroad first edition