{"product_id":"the-innocents-abroad-mass-market-paperbound","title":"The Innocents Abroad - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents Abroad \u003c\/i\u003eis Mark Twain's irreverent and incisive commentary on nineteenth century Americans encountering the Old World. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCome along for the ride as Twain and his unsuspecting travel companions visit the Azores, Tangiers, Paris, Rome, the Vatican, Genoa, Gibraltar, Odessa, Constantinople, Cairo, the Holy Land and other locales renowned in history. No person or place is safe from Twain's sharp wit as it impales both the conservative and the liberal, the Old World and the New. He uses these contrasts to \"find out who we as Americans are,\" notes Leslie A. Fiedler. But his travelogue demonstrates that, in our attempt to understand ourselves, we must first find out what we are \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an Introduction Michael Meyer and an Afterword by Leslie A. Fiedler\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a glimpse of a major writer when he was and just beginning to flex his muscles, and also serves as an enduring no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveler of Europe and the Holy Land.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51382654435551,"sku":"9780451530493","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/veGAe0z9Je9780451530493.webp?v=1789290519","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-innocents-abroad-mass-market-paperbound","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}