Following the Equator : Mark Twain.
Twain, Mark,1835-1910.
Oxford : Beaufoy Books,
2010.
In 1895, Mark Twain set out on a worldwise lecture tour, untertaken to help him recover from bankcruptcy following the failure of his publishing company. Starting in Paris, he journeyed across America to Vancouver, and thence via Hawaii and Fiji to Australia and New Zealand, in both of which countries he travelled widely. At the end of the year he sailed from Sydney to Coolombo, and became captivated by the Indian sub-continent. Arriving in South Africa four months after the Jamieson Raid, he had ample opportunity to employ his ascerbic wit on the deteriorating relationship between the British and the Afrikaaners.
In 1895, Mark Twain set out on a worldwise lecture tour, untertaken to help him recover from bankcruptcy following the failure of his publishing company. Starting in Paris, he journeyed across America to Vancouver, and thence via Hawaii and Fiji to Australia and New Zealand, in both of which countries he travelled widely. At the end of the year he sailed from Sydney to Coolombo, and became captivated by the Indian sub-continent. Arriving in South Africa four months after the Jamieson Raid, he had ample opportunity to employ his ascerbic wit on the deteriorating relationship between the British and the Afrikaaners.
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