| Following the Equator A Journey Around the World Mark Twain Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986179990 ISBN-13: 9781986179997 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $23.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6" W x 9" (1.24 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book is an account of Twain's travel published in 1897. It is a social commentary, critical of racism towards Blacks, Asians, and Indigenous groups; oppressive imperialism in the British Empire; and religious intolerance through missionary efforts. Twain included a number of fictional stories in the body of what is otherwise a non-fiction work. In particular, the story of how Cecil Rhodes made his fortune by finding a newspaper in the belly of a shark, and the story of how a man named Ed Jackson made good in life out of a fake letter of introduction to Cornelius Vanderbilt, were anthologized in Charles Neider (ed) The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain, (Doubleday, 1957) where they are presented as fiction. |