Episode 580: Mark Twain: Following the Equator (Part 1)
May 04, 2023•27 min•Ep. 860
Episode description
In this episode I begin the final Mark Twain travelogue FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR. It is one of the greatest anti-imperialist texts of the 19th century, an excellent travelogue, and an example of Twain's most bitterly charged satire.