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Innocents Abroad

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 04s

Innocents Abroad was a subscription book. It made Mark Twain the best-selling author in the world.

Funding provided by General Motors Corporation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Connecticut Office of Tourism, CPB, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Park Foundation
Extras
Sam Clemens decided to take on a new name: Mark Twain.
Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's masterpiece
Twain knew for America to be great, race had to be discussed.
Hal Holbrook discusses how Twain's writing makes him feel.
The Mississippi River was a sacred place for Twain.
Twain made American speech something to be admired.
The idea of Place formed Mark Twain.
Twain's humor is always colored by the knowledge that horrible things can happen in life.
Twain was a genius of the stage, where he use silence to his advantage.
Twain rallies through personal tragedies
The conclusion of the story of America's best-loved and best-known author, Mark Twain.
Mark Twain tells the story of the writer’s extraordinary life.