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Life on the Mississippi, Part 6 (Esprios Classics)

Life on the Mississippi, Part 6 (Esprios Classics)

Twain, Mark

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral United States

Publisher Price: $20.99

ISBN13: 9798210279347
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Aug 23 2024
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Saint Paul many years after the war. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E. Bixby. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled Old Times on the Mississippi.

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