![]() Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot’s apprenticeship, a record of Twain’s return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river’s shores. This is Mark Twains description of life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. It includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain’s boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot. ![]() ![]() It is also a travel book, recounting his trip up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Saint Paul many years after the war with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. This is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. Life on the Mississippi expresses the full range of Twains literary personality, and remains the most vivid, boisterous and provocative account of the. Reader's noteA stunning new and blue edition of Life on the Mississippi in a decorative slip-case. ![]()
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