A Tramp Abroad in Two Volumes Vol II (Paperback)

from GeoffSC

A quirky little book. Some very clever Twain humorous observations. Other parts quite bland. It was written (or he gathered material) while he was traveling with his family in Europe (mainly Germany and Switzerland) 1878-9. He makes some amusing observations about the German language, even recomm...

from GeoffSC

A quirky little book. Some very clever Twain humorous observations. Other parts quite bland. It was written (or he gathered material) while he was traveling with his family in Europe (mainly Germany and Switzerland) 1878-9. He makes some amusing observations about the German language, even recomm...

from Oreillynsf

Twain writes a strong travelogue, and A Tramp Abroad is no exception. His xenophobia is in rare form here. While perhaps not as strong as The Innocents Abroad, it's an entertaining ride just the same. You'll never look at Germany and Germans the same way again. I'm told that Germans love The Simp...

from andyray

if you are not a twain addict, which I am, I'd recommend leaving this one alone. It's basically a travelogue and basically boring. What saves it are Twain's silly symphonies of scarcasm, sardonicism, and satire located in various little stories throughout the book, along with his relationship wit...

from Stbalbach

When Twain visited Germany in 1879 he was suffering writers block. His great work Huckleberry Finn was stuck mid-stream and he was too. What better way to shake the cobwebs off then a trip to Europe. Twain struggled through the writing of A Tramp Abroad and it shows in the sort of uneven quality ...