A Tramp Abroad

The third of the five travel books authored by Mark Twain. A Tramp Abroad contains the experiences of Twain’s “walking” tour of Germany‚ Switzerland and France. Typical of Twain’s style in drafting travel novels‚ A Tramp Abroad places Twain as the narrator of an oftentimes uninformed American tourist visiting and discovering the mysteries of the European continent - a wonderful satire for those who have visited Europe or are planning a trip to “the continent.”  The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent.