A Tramp in Berlin. New Mark Twain Stories
Channel: Berlinica Publishing
Date: 2013-08-15

The new (updated) video for the Berlinica book "A Tramp in Berlin: New Mark Twain Stories & an Account of his Adventures in the German Capital During the Belle Époque of 1891-1892." By Mark Twain and Andreas Austilat. Available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Tramp-Berlin-Stories-Account-Adventures/dp/1935902903

In fall 1891, Mark Twain headed for Berlin, the "newest city I have ever seen," as America's foremost humorist wrote; accompanied by his wife, Olivia, and their three daughters. Twain, a "Yankee from head to toe," according to the local press, conspired with diplomats, frequented the famed salons, had breakfast with duchesses, and dined with the emperor. He suffered an "organized dog-choir club," at his first address, which he deemed a "rag-picker's paradise," picked a fight with the police, who made him look under his maids petticoats, was abused by a porter, got lost on streetcars, was nearly struck down by pneumonia, and witnessed a proletarian uprising in front of his hotel Unter den Linden. Twain penned articles on his everyday life and he also began a novel about Wilhelmina von Preussen, the lonely Prussian princess, unpublished until now, as are most of his Berlin stories. They are assembled for the first time here in this book, together with a riveting account of Twain's foray in the German capital, by Andreas Austilat.