The Wayward Tourist is our next read. It is a Melbazon University Press release and is actually an excerpt of the Australian portion of a larger travelogue 'Following The Equator'. I got my copy at Hill Of Content. It came signed by Don Watson who wrote a very nice intro. I think I got the last copy there but it should be available at Dymocks in Collins Street. I think we should also consider trying to read a book at some stage by someone with a bigger mo. Thankfully I am quite partial to Nietzsche.
Samuel Clemens was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 (equivalent of about $2 million in 2005) he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in the English language. Luckily for iRateBooks this included Australia.
We are meeting aboard a paddle steamer, May 9th at Echuca, in our continuing effort to deliver experientially aligned locales. Mark Twain was a riverboat pilot for a few years on the Mississippi. We shall make do with the Murray.
How can one not quote Mark Twain?
“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
I'm going to give this a go.
