Following the Equator and Anti-imperialist Essays (1897 1901 1905) (The AOxford Mark Twain)
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In 1895 bankrupted by his investments in the doomed Paige typesetter and by the collapse of his publishing house sixty-year-old Mark Twain was forced to embark on a world lecture tour to raise money to pay his growing debts. Following the Equator Twains final travel book was the result. His readers circumnavigate the globe with one of the worlds most entertaining travel companions--to Honolulu and the Fiji Islands Sydney and Melbourne Tasmania Ceylon Bombay Calcutta Cape Town and Johannesburg. Twain blends whimsical anecdote sharp-eyed commentary and serious social critique assailing the contempt of whites for native traditions and noting the striking similarity between slavery and the colonial experience. In "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" and "King Leopolds Soliloquy " also included in this volume Twain strips the imperialist powers naked and bears eloquent witness to the unspeakable crimes they perpetrate in the name of what he calls the "Blessings-of-Civilization Trust."
