A Tramp Abroad also contains as an appendix his well-known essay 'The Awful German Language,' about Twain's difficulties learning German: 'Some of the words are so long that they have a perspective.' One of the few books famous for its appendices. Twain shows off his characteristic wit, patter, yarn-spinning and exaggeration in this travel narrative through Germany, Switzerland and the Alps, and more. His career began with working for small, regional newspapers in the. A Tramp Abroad By Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 2 A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 1 By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Bound in original brown pictorial cloth with central gilt-stamped vignette on front board and blind-stamped curved corner rules (BAL state B), gilt-stamped spine, peach endpapers. Before Twain penned A Tramp Abroad, he found himself in less distinguished roles.Short ink owner name and bookshelf label on front pastedown. A Tramp Abroad By Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 2 A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 1 By Mark Twain (Samuel L.Illustrated with engraved portrait of Twain (BAL state C), facing 'Titian's Moses' frontispiece (BAL 2nd state), black-and-white wood engravings throughout.It is delicious, whether you open it at the sojourn in. Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1880. Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels.First edition of the famous comedic memoir, a companion to the best-selling Innocents Abroad and a model for later satirical travel narratives like those of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell.

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