Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. by Mark Twain

"Life on the Mississippi, Part 1." by Mark Twain is a memoir published in 1883. Twain recounts his youthful experiences training as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the Civil War, learning to navigate the ever-changing waters under veteran pilot Horace Bixby's guidance. The work combines historical context about European exploration of the river with vivid anecdotes of life aboard steamboats, capturing a vanishing era of American river culture with characteristic wit and nostalgia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Title Life on the Mississippi, Part 1.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Mississippi River -- Description and travel
Subject Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Subject Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
Subject Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
Subject Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River
Category Text
EBook-No. 8471
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 26, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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