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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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Other Editions

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.

Publisher: James R. Osgood and Co.
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