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3 unusual facts about Following the Equator


George Augustus Robinson

There is a reference to Robinson in the book "The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie" by Gary Crew and Peter Gouldthorpe, and in Following the Equator, by Mark Twain.

Jimmy Buffett greatest hits compilations

"Stories From My Favorite Books" is a spoken-word track taken from a recording that originally aired on Radio Margaritaville of Buffett reading an excerpt of Mark Twain's travelogue, Following the Equator.

Union Company

In 1897 Mark Twain criticised travel conditions on a Union Company ship in his travel book Following the Equator.


Watson's Hotel

Among the hotel's notable guests was Mark Twain, who wrote about the city's crows he saw outside his balcony in Following the Equator.


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