Innocents AbroadDigital Scanning Inc, 2001 - 684 pagine Innocents Abroad began as a series of travel letters written by Mark Twain mainly for the Alta California, a San Francisco paper that sponsored his participation in the trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 aboard the steamship Quaker City. On the excursion from New York to Palestine they traveled a distance of over 20,000 miles by land and sea through France, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Russia, Turkey and Egypt. Through his humorous and insightful writings, Twain describes countries, nations, incidents and his amazing adventures. |
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
America ancient Arab Baalbec beautiful Bedouins body broad bucksheesh called Capernaum Cathedral centuries CHAPTER cholera Christian church Civita Vecchia Coliseum Constantinople cross Damascus dead desert dogs donkeys dragoman dressed earth Egypt Emperor Ephesus eyes face feet fell France Galilee Genoa grand grotto half hand head hill Holy Land horses hundred Jaffa Jerusalem King knew lake lived look marble miles morning mosque mountain Naples never night old masters once painted palace Palestine Paris party passed passengers picture pilgrims pleasant Pompeii priests ragged rock Rome ruin sail Saviour Sea of Galilee seemed seen Sepulchre Shechem ship side Smyrna stand stone stood streets Syria Tangier tell temple thing thought thousand Tiberias tion tomb took true cross Venice Vesuvius walked walls wonder young