About A Tramp Abroad“His hair was short and parted accurately in the middle, and he had all the look of an American person who would be likely to begin his signature with an initial, and spell his middle name out.”A Tramp Abroad is a humorous travelogue by celebrated American author Mark Twain, first published in 1880. It recounts the author’s journey with his friend Harris (a fictional creation based on his real friend Joseph Twichell) across central and southern Europe.On typically satirical and entertaining form, Twain relates the various encounters and situations which ensue, putting himself in the humorous role of the typical American tourist in the 19th century, under the misapprehension that they understand all that they perceive. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, A Tramp Abroad includes a raft voyage down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope.
