The Innocents Abroad

Uhh this took me forever to get through. I'm glad I read it. I totally buy into the afterword about how this was a turning point in the construction of the American identity. And it had some very funny lines about travel, and just interesting tidbits about tourism in the 19th century. But it was also a li'l bit offensive to my modern sensibilities! And it dragged. And was 500 pages long.