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A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.The book 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.
The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. [1] The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language.
Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) 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 1857 Hinchliffe published Summer Months Among the Alps: With the Ascent of Monte Rosa, a work which some twenty years later Mark Twain referred to as "Hinchliffe's book". [6] In his A Tramp Abroad (1880), Twain's narrator advises his friend Harris to read this book to learn about mountain climbing, and a description in it of a fall ...
The Innocents Abroad (1869) Roughing It (1872) A Tramp Abroad (1880) Following the Equator (1897) Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) Palmetto Leaves (1873) John Burroughs (1837–1921) Fresh Fields (1884) William Dean Howells (1837–1920) Certain Delightful English Towns (1906) Henry James (1843–1916) A Little Tour in France (1884) English ...
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was transported in an ambulance to a hospital during Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs after sustaining a gruesome leg injury.
A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range; Coasting (book) The Color Curtain; The Colossus of Maroussi; ... A Tramp Abroad; Tramp Royale; Traveling in Sin; Travels with ...
Antibiotic use was not associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in healthy older adults, according to a recent study.