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Author:   Harold H. Hellwig
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786436514

ISBN 10:   0786436514
Pages:   227
Publication Date:   19 March 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      1. Travel as a Quest for Knowledge      2. Travel as a Method of Piloting the River of Life      3. Innocents Abroad: A Parody of Tourist Books      4. Roughing It: Travel as a Way to Find an Identity      5. A Tramp Abroad: Travel Experiment and Narrative Lapse      6. Life on the Mississippi: Travel as a Form of Knowledge      7. Following the Equator: Travel as Nostalgia, Loss and Recovery      8. Mark Twain’s Travel: Looking for an Identity in Fiction      9. Mark Twain’s Travel: Looking for Stable Time in His Fiction      Appendix: Travel Works Probably Read and Owned by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)      Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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scholarly and detailed...a must --The Midwest Book Review.

Author Information

Harold H. Hellwig is an associate English professor and director of composition at Idaho State University. He lives in Pocatello, Idaho.

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