The Chicago of Europe: And Other Tales of Foreign Travel
“Kaminsky's collection shows that Mark Twain is still our foremost American humorist. He should be on at ten p.m.”—Billy Crystal “There is no great American writer easier to love than Mark Twain, and—as I realized reading this delicious collection—no part of Twain's oeuvre easier to love than his travel writing. Wandering around exotic places and among foreign people gives him the ideal opportunity to be his uniquely engaging self—not quite an innocent or a tramp but a curious, clear-eyed and totally American chronicler abroad: totally game, bewitched and appalled, funny and astounded.”—Kurt Andersen “Mark Twain would have been thrilled to know that Peter Kaminsky put this collection together.  I know I am, and all Twain lovers will be, too.”—Carl Reiner