Episode 580: Mark Twain: Following the Equator (Part 1)

05/05/2023 27 min Episodio 860
Episode 580: Mark Twain: Following the Equator (Part 1)

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In this episode I begin the final Mark Twain travelogue FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR. It is one of the greatest anti-imperialist texts of the 19th century, an excellent travelogue, and an example of Twain's most bitterly charged satire.

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