TY - BOOK AU - Twain,Mark TI - Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Part 1 AV - G PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Voyages around the world KW - Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel KW - Equator -- Description and travel N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Following_the_Equator; Release date is 2004-06-23; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Part 1" by Mark Twain is a travelogue published in 1897. Facing bankruptcy from a failed business investment, Twain embarked on a lecture tour through the British Empire at age sixty. This non-fiction work chronicles his journey, offering perceptive observations on people, cultures, religions, politics, and customs encountered along the way. Through satirical social commentary and unexpected fictional stories woven into his narrative, Twain transforms financial necessity into sharp-eyed cultural critique. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5808 ER -