Tag: Mark Twain

William T. Vollman on Hopping Trains

In an interview in The Independent, William T. Vollman reveals that he’s working on a book about riding freight trains across the United States. The notoriously on-the-edge author tells Matt Thorne, “It’s really fun to think about the connections with the Beats, rereading Jack Kerouac, but also Jack London and Mark Twain, travelling fast through the country, that solitary, wild American experience.”


A Tale of Two Twains

Kristin Van Tassel considers two recent books about Mark Twain, arguably America's greatest traveler -- and travel writer

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