jul 1, 1869 - Innocents Abroad published
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INNOCENTS ABROAD Book published of Mark Twains 5-month journey to Europe and holy land"It would become a best seller. ...the witness of the stranger would go forth not only to the nation and to the world and to his generation, but to the generations that would follow. It would continue to bear witness long after his death. ...[it] would outsell the rest [of Mark Twain's book in his lifetime"
-- Chan,J. The Oracle (2019), pg57
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Date:
jul 1, 1869
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~ 156 years ago