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Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims Progress Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land With Descriptions of Countries Nations Incidents Author: Mark Twain The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land. In it, the collision of the American “New Barbarians” and the European “Old World” provides much comic fodder for Mark Twain—and a remarkably perceptive lens on the human condition. Glee...  more »fully skewering the ethos of American tourism in Europe, Twain’s lively satire ultimately reveals just what it is that defines cultural identity. As Twain himself points out, “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” And Jane Jacobs observes in her Introduction, “If the reader is American, he may also find himself on a tour of his own psyche.”  « less Post This Book + Reminder Login | Register ISBN-13: 9780451525024 ISBN-10: 0451525027 Publication Date: 2/1/1966 Pages: 512 Rating: Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  14 3.7 stars, based on 14 ratings Publisher: Signet Classics Book Type: Mass Market Paperback Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

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