A Tramp Abroad - Mark Twain
Public domain
Category: Classic
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Tags: Classic, Misc. Non-fiction, Autobiography & Biographies, Adults
In April 1878, Mark Twain and his family traveled to Europe. Overloaded with creative ideas, Twain had hoped that the sojourn would spark his creativity enough to bring at least one of the books in his head to fruition. Instead, he wrote of his walking tour of Europe, describing his impressions of the Black Forest, the Matterhorn, and other attractions., Neglected for years, A Tramp Abroad sparkles with Twains 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., Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, and England, 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 authors attempts to study art - a wholly imagined activity Twain authenticated with his own wonderfully primitive pictur
