Chasing the Last Laugh
Richard Zacks talked about his book Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain’s Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour, in which he rem… read more
Richard Zacks talked about his book Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain’s Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour, in which he remembers Mark Twain’s efforts to repay a sizable debt by embarking on a worldwide speaking tour in the late 19th century. In his book, the author reports that Twain traveled across the Pacific to Australia and New Zealand and then west to India and South Africa, as he worked his way back to New York. close
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