{"product_id":"following-the-equator-v1-9780880015189","title":"Following the Equator V1","description":"\u003cp\u003eBound on a lecturing trip around the world, Mark Twain turns his keen satiric eye to foreign lands in \u003cem\u003eFollowing the Equator\u003c\/em\u003e. The first of two volumes, this vivid record of a sea voyage on the Pacific Ocean displays Twain's instinctive eye for the unusual, his wide-ranging curiosity, and his delight in embellishing the facts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe personalities of the ship's crew and passengers, the poetry of Australian place-names, and the success of women's suffrage in New Zealand, among other topics, are the focus of his wry humor and redoubtable powers of observation. \u003cem\u003eFollowing the Equator\u003c\/em\u003e is an ecocative and highly unique American portrait of nineteenth-century travel and customs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.36w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780880015189\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwain, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePersonal Recollections of Joan of Arc\u003c\/em\u003e was his last completed book--and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper \u0026amp; Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40270613545075,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9b7d39de-9156-4cbb-84bd-75b26d0b80f4.jpg?v=1657807106","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/following-the-equator-v1-9780880015189","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}