Life on the Mississippi
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| Author(s): | Mark Twain |
| Illustrator(s): | Frank Schoonover Walter Stewart |
| Publisher(s): | Harper & Brothers |
| Year Published: | 1927 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | American Biography Geography Historical Fiction - Civil War History - American Humorous Sea Stories Travel and Exploration |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 527 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 316338 |
Description
Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.
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Life on the Mississippi (1883)
The author reminisces about his years as a Mississippi River pilot before the Civil War, then brings things up-to-date on a trip down river in the 1880’s. The first part was originally published as Old Times on the Mississippi in 1876. Read online at archive.org.
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