American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad, by Roy Morris Jr.
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For a man who liked being called the American, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Biographer Roy Morris, Jr., focuses on the dozen years Twain spent overseas and on the popular travel books―The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, and Following the Equator―he wrote about his adventures. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication and unafraid to travel to less developed parts of the globe, Twain encouraged American readers to follow him around the world at the dawn of mass tourism, when advances in transportation made leisure travel possible for an emerging middle class. In so doing, he helped lead Americans into the twentieth century and guided them toward more cosmopolitan views.
In his first book, The Innocents Abroad (1869), Twain introduced readers to the “American Vandal,” a brash, unapologetic visitor to foreign lands, unimpressed with the local ambiance but eager to appropriate any souvenir that could be carried off. He adopted this persona throughout his career, even after he grew into an international celebrity who dined with the German Kaiser, traded quips with the king of England, gossiped with the Austrian emperor, and negotiated with the president of Transvaal for the release of war prisoners. American Vandal presents an unfamiliar Twain: not the bred-in-the-bone Midwesterner we associate with Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer but a global citizen whose exposure to other peoples and places influenced his evolving positions on race, war, and imperialism, as both he and America emerged on the world stage.
American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad, by Roy Morris Jr.- Amazon Sales Rank: #462719 in Books
- Brand: Belknap Press
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.80" h x .90" w x 5.40" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
Review Morris is a first-rate tour guide. He knows his subject, cites other authorities with respect and presents a good deal of information with easygoing, professional smoothness. [An] entertaining and―despite its title―eminently civilized book. (Michael Dirda Washington Post 2015-03-18)American Vandal provides a fresh account of the great satirist’s life and work by arguing that his world view was the product of experience that was unusual for a popular American writer in this period. It offers us an account of the dozen years in total which Twain spent overseas, part of a life of travel that included twenty-nine transatlantic crossings, excursions across India, New Zealand, the Mediterranean and Caribbean… One strength of American Vandal is that Morris places Twain’s travel writings at the heart of his achievement. (Tom F. Wright Times Literary Supplement 2015-06-10)If you want a guide through [Twain’s] travelogues or through the experiences that produced them, then you could not find a better one than Twain biographer Roy Morris Jr. He is not merely well-informed about his subject, he is truly attuned to the mind and sensibility of the man… American Vandal shows a consistently sure and wise touch. (Martin Rubin Washington Times 2015-04-29)In this vibrant, fresh look at the venerable writer, historian Morris traces Twain’s journeys and his evolving perspective on world politics and peoples… A brisk narrative and sensitive insights make this book a delight. (Kirkus Reviews 2015-01-15)For readers not familiar with Mark Twain’s travel literature, Morris will open up a new facet of his extensive writing career… This lively overview provides an accessible entry point to the lesser‐known works of a great American writer. (Publishers Weekly 2015-03-16)Only an accomplished storyteller should dare to take up the life of our most revered raconteur, and Morris measures up. There is no shortage of Twain biographies; one as well researched and as well told as this one deserves to be among them. (Lawrence Howe, author of Mark Twain and the Novel: The Double Cross of Authority)Morris effectively evokes both the personal and political realities behind Twain’s fictions and semi-fictions to demonstrate how Twain himself debunked then-prevalent myths of travel and of national character. American Vandal gives readers a fresh view of Mark Twain while casting a revealing light on American identity. (James Leonard, editor of The Mark Twain Journal)Morris writes smoothly and engagingly about Mark Twain’s travels, through life as much as through foreign scenes. (D. E. Sloane Choice 2015-12-01)
About the Author Roy Morris, Jr., is the author of numerous books, including Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Satisfying Followup By ex-rocker Not as enjoyable as the first book, which covered Twain's life in the west, this is still a good read and does a satisfying job completing Twain's story. Lots of interesting details concerning other writers and movers and shakers of the day add to the book's description of the times Clemmons lived in. Recommended- but read the first volume before this one to get the whole picture.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Mark Twain: his passion for travel By James Denny Author Roy Morris, Jr. does a deep dive into the relationship or more specifically, the passion for travel that was Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) oracle for experience. In spite of living in Hartford in the key years when his children were young, most readers of Mark Twain do not realize just how much in his latter adult years Mark Twain traveled, much of it with his family in tow. There were many, many extended trips to Europe in the last twenty years of the 19th century, especially the years 1881-1900.Twain and his family lived for long periods in Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy for months, even years at a time. Twain also did adventurous trips to other parts of the world, Australia, India, the Hawaiian Islands, Bermuda, Turkey, Africa and the Middle East.Of course, Mark Twain will always be known best for his seminal works: "Life on the Mississippi;" "Tom Sawyer;" Huckleberry Finn;" his period-set pieces based on life in Hannibal. But "Innocents Abroad," "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" and a host of other works reflect his passion for travel, for "movement" as Morris likes to call it.Morris does a nice job of integrating Twain's works with his travel ventures and with key events that happen to him and the members of his family, his beloved wife Livy and his three daughters. Many readers will know of the tragic aspects of Twain's later life, losing two of his daughters in their twenties and in the same time-frame, his wife, despite the fact that she was ten years his junior. Morris reveals how poor a manager of his money Twain was. Twain spent the better part of his latter years lecturing, making hundreds of public appearances for audiences large and small for the purpose of paying his debts and to regain respectable solvency. Although Twain was a born raconteur, the constant travel, touring and lecturing could be grueling.Morris digs into the philosophy and principles that Twain held and/or rejected, as life events transformed his views. An optimist as a young man, Twain became much more a pessimist and bitter as he became older. On the other hand, he was more prejudiced as a young man and less prejudiced as an elder. As Morris points out, Twain is an author who continues to be widely read in the United States and across the world because he reflects so much of the American experience.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This book did not disappoint-- By L. Forbes Amazing. In fact, I'll reread it soon. That's a sign. Rereading helps me to memorize quotes and passages of books I cherish. Then, it is on to reading (or rereading parts of) the entire Mark Twain Collection.
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