![]() ![]() His group entered Palestine from the north, passing through such sites as the Sea of Galilee, the Banias, Nazareth, Jenin, and Nablus. Throughout his writings which he later published in what became his top best seller, "Innocents Abroad," Twain explicitly states that the area was desolate and devoid of inhabitants. The Sea of Galilee was, "a solemn, sailless, tintless lake, as unpoetical as any bath-tub on earth" The Church of the Nativity was, “tricked out in the usual tasteless style observable in all the holy places of Palestine." He wrote sarcastically, if not irreverently, about the region’s legendary religious sites. ![]() The humorist’s chronicles from that trip not only put him on the literary map making him rich and famous, they also served as an important testimony as to the dismal state of affairs in Palestine as of September, 1867.Ī natural skeptic, Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was not taken by the splendor of the Holy Land. He was on a five month expedition to Europe and the Mideast with a church group from Brooklyn, New York. Exactly 150 years ago today, Mark Twain made an unusual purchase for his mother at a Jerusalem book shop. ![]()
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