{"product_id":"9780486315805","title":"The Indian Equator: Mark Twain's India Revisited","description":"\"Dear me! It is a strange world. Particularly the Indian division of it.\" Mark Twain's quip arose in the course of an around-the-world lecture tour. Driven by financial necessity, the famed humorist and student of human nature undertook a year-long series of far-flung engagements that would provide both ready cash and the material for one of his most successful books: \u003ci\u003eFollowing the Equator, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich recounts the author's experiences during a two-and-a-half-month sojourn through India.\u003cbr\u003eA century after the publication of \u003ci\u003eFollowing the Equator,\u003c\/i\u003e Ian Strathcarron re-creates Twain's itinerary. Strathcarron — who followed Twain's journey through the Middle East in a previous travel book, \u003ci\u003eInnocence and War \u003c\/i\u003e— begins in Bombay, faithfully retracing his predecessor's steps through Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Delhi, Lahore, and other stops along the Grand Tour of 1896. The modern-day writer offers fascinating insights into the region's timeless qualities as well as the rampant changes that have occurred in the course of the past century.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122669863152,"sku":"9780486315805","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486315805_p0.jpg?v=1763708770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486315805","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}