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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War published in 1883. It is also a travel book, recounting his trips on the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to New Orleans and then from New Orleans to Saint Paul, many years after the war.
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Life on the Mississippi, memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War by Mark Twain, published in 1883. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541. Chapters 4–22 describe Twain’s career as a Mississippi
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Life on the Mississippi. Mark Twain. Penguin, Feb 5, 1985 - Travel - 448 pages. In 1882 Mark Twain returned to the river of his childhood, determined to write the definitive travel book on the...
Life on the Mississippi. Mark Twain, Justin Kaplan (Introduction) 3.87. 14,787 ratings873 reviews. A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer... Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi.
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Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among the greatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his time but also America' s most profound chronicler of the human comedy.
Mark Twain. Harper, 1899 - Mississippi River - 465 pages. A memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The first half details a brief history of the...
Life on the Mississippi. By Mark Twain Introduction by Bill McKibben Notes by James Danly. Best Seller. Part of Modern Library Classics. Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Classic Nonfiction | Biography & Memoir | U.S. History. Paperback $13.00. May 29, 2007| ISBN 9780375759376. Buy. Mass Market Paperback $4.95.
