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A tramp abroad first edition5/20/2023 Day and Other Artists and three or four Pictures Made by the Author (illustrator). Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. A TRAMP ABROAD showcases Twain' s unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Cast in the form of a waling tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, Mark Twain' s account of traveling in Europe (1880) sparkles with his shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author' s attempts to study Art - a wholly imagined activity Twain 'authenticated' with his own wonderfully primitive pictures included in this volume. Twain' s account of traveling in Europe, A Tramp Abroad (1880) sparkles with the author' s shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative.
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