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"Mark Twain wrote a series of travel letters whilst on a tour of Europe and the Middle East in 1867 with a group of American pilgrimsA"". These letters later formed the basis of The Innocents Abroad. Journeying from New York to Egypt via France, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Russia, Turkey and the Holy Land, he observed and lampooned his companions with typically caustic and incisive commentary. The local people he encountered fared little better. In frequently humorous, sometimes grotesque detail, Twain records the day-to-day ups and downs of discovering the truth about people and places, while pillorying those tourists who rely on guidebooks rather than their own impressions to define their experiences."

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The Stanfords Travel Classics series, now totalling 15 titles, showcases some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language. Every title is reset in a contemporary and easy-to-read typeface, to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.

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Mark Twain is the author of many great American classics including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Pudd'nhead Wilson.in 1867, Twain set sail for five months. This trip resulted in The Innocents Abroad.

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