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In June 1867, Tag Twain set out for Europe and the Holy Land on the paddle machine Quaker City. His enduring, no-nonsense guide for the first-time tourist also dished up as an antidote to the insufferably affectionate travel books of the time. "Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?" So Tag Twain acclaims his voyage from NEW YORK to Europe and the Holy Land. His ventures produced The Innocents Abroad, a publication so funny and provocative it made him an international star for the others of his life. He was making his first responses to the Old World-to Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Damascus, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. For the first time he was viewing the great paintings and sculptures of the Old Experts. He responded with think about and amazement but also with exasperation, irritation, and disbelief. Above all he displayed the great energy of his laughter, more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries.
