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The Innocents Abroad Original Illustrations

Mark Twain

Lookinside A beautiful edition with the formatting and all 234 images from the original first edition published in 1869. The cover is from an Antonio Joli painting of Rome. Use Amazon's

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Twain's early travel memoir was referenced as his bestselling book, illustrating his humor and observational style during his European and Holy Land tours.

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the book that ... turned out to be his bestselling book called The Innocents Abroad.

— Episode: Ron Chernow

Episode: Ron Chernow

Twain's early travel memoir was referenced as his bestselling book, illustrating his humor and observational style during his European and Holy Land tours.

"

the book that ... turned out to be his bestselling book called The Innocents Abroad.

American History Tellers

This was an account of his voyage overseas, a subscription book, sold door-to-door to rural farmers and tradesmen, the types of readers who rarely visited bookstores. In 18 months, it sold more than 80,000 copies, and Twain earned approximately $16,000 in royalties, nearly $400,000 in today's money.

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And in July 1869, Twain published these observations in The Innocents Abroad, an account of his voyage overseas.

— Episode: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voi...

Episode: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voice of a Na...

This was an account of his voyage overseas, a subscription book, sold door-to-door to rural farmers and tradesmen, the types of readers who rarely visited bookstores. In 18 months, it sold more than 80,000 copies, and Twain earned approximately $16,000 in royalties, nearly $400,000 in today's money.

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And in July 1869, Twain published these observations in The Innocents Abroad, an account of his voyage overseas.

It was a subscription book, sold door-to-door to rural farmers and tradesmen, the types of readers who rarely visited bookstores.

But in 18 months, it sold more than 80,000 copies, and Twain earned approximately $16,000 in royalties, nearly $400,000 in today's money.

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