The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress
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After a boyhood in Hannibal, Mo., and work as a printer, Samuel Clemens became a Mississippi River pilot (1857). In 1862 he moved west and began writing for newspapers, first in Virginia City, Nev., then in San Francisco, taking as a pseudonym a term from his river pilot days, Mark Twain, describing safe navigating conditions. He first won fame with his comic tale The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865). After a trip to Hawaii (1866), he became a successful humorous lecturer and, after a journey to the Holy Land, he published The Innocents Abroad (1869).
Although 1869 the publishing of Twain’s book the Innocents Abroad, was met with critical reception, over 70,000 copies of this book sold over the first year and prompted the American Publishing Company to ask for another book. The book began as a series of travel letters written mainly for the Alta California, a San Francisco paper that sponsored his participation in the Quaker City trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. Elisha Bliss, publisher of Innocents as a subscription book in 1869, suggested to Twain that he revise the letters into a book. “Innocents Abroad” remained the best selling of his books throughout his lifetime.
“One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques – especially to mosques. – Innocents Abroad
Although 1869 the publishing of Twain’s book the Innocents Abroad, was met with critical reception, over 70,000 copies of this book sold over the first year and prompted the American Publishing Company to ask for another book. The book began as a series of travel letters written mainly for the Alta California, a San Francisco paper that sponsored his participation in the Quaker City trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. Elisha Bliss, publisher of Innocents as a subscription book in 1869, suggested to Twain that he revise the letters into a book. “Innocents Abroad” remained the best selling of his books throughout his lifetime.
“One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques – especially to mosques. – Innocents Abroad
