“Exterminate The Whole Tribe”: Mark Twain’s Dispatches From Palestine
A collection of Mark Twain’s 1867 dispatches from Palestine.
Tag: Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad: Mark Twain’s Seminal Narrative
Jeffrey Melton contributes an information resource page on Twain’s seminal travel narrative and first full-length book
The Twain Doctrine
The midcentury resurgence of interest in Mark Twain’s life and work was fueled by the propaganda operations of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
Athens By Moonlight: Mark Twain Tours Ancient Greece in The Innocents Abroad
Sam Clemens broke quarantine in 1867 to sneak into Athens and produce a vision of the “birthplace of democracy” that would appeal to American readers of the time.
On Material Sanctity (A Quarry Farm Testimonial)
Merav Schocken talks about her time at Quarry Farm and her research project on INNOCENTS ABROAD
Encountering Mark Twain in Palestine
Lubna Alzaroo discusses how Mark Twain’s descriptions have become part of contested claims of Israel upon Palestine.
Merav Schocken’s Park Church Lecture Now Available
Schocken explores Twain’s struggle between faith and doubt in relation to the Holy Land
The Suez Canal, #Stuckboat, & The Sinews of War and Trade with Laleh Khalili
On the past, present, & future of the Suez Canal.
Laura Skandera Trombley’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Trombley discusses her own personal experiences following Twain’s path in the Holy Land
Spring Virtual ‘Trouble Begins’ Continues May 27
Laura Skandera Trombley will be discussing Twain’s trip to the Holy Land