num_pages: 336
description: As America's finest writer, Mark Twain could make entertaining reading -- and great literature -- out of almost anything. Here we have a book begun out of adversity. The great novelist, satirist, and public celebrity was broke, ruined by various ill-advised investment schemes; but, being a man of honor on a public stage, he resolved to pay off every cent of his crushing debt. He did so by going on a two-year, round-the-world lecture tour, where he spoke to sold-out houses in Europe, India, and Australia, all the while gathering material for yet another best-selling travel book, filled with his trademark wit and brilliant observation. Even after more than a century this book is still a must-read. Whatever has been forgotten about the times and places Twain describes he has recreated for us, vividly and forever.
language: English
title: Following the Equator
titlecomplete: Following the Equator (Works of Mark Twain)
genres: Classics, Adventure, History, Travel, Humor, Biography, 19th Century, Memoir, American, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1600
publisher: Wildside Pr