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Life on the Mississippi: A Vivid Memoir of Adventure, Culture & the Changing Tides of the American River

Life on the Mississippi: A Vivid Memoir of Adventure, Culture & the Changing Tides of the American River

Paperback

Series: Library of Alexandria, Book 549

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1806299348
ISBN13: 9781806299348
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: Oct 6 2025
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the river you once knew returned as a stranger-wider, wilder, and more powerful than memory could capture?

Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi is more than just a travelogue-it's a living, breathing testament to a bygone world. As both memoir and cultural chronicle, this captivating narrative recounts Twain's youthful adventures as a steamboat pilot and his return decades later to a radically transformed Mississippi River. With wit, wisdom, and a touch of mischief, Twain captures the soul of America through the rise and fall of river culture, industry, and the changing landscape of post-Civil War life.

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