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Life on the Mississippi
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- Summary
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Twain's apprenticeship as river pilot on Mississippi.
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- Creator
- Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford Unviversity Press, 1996
- Series
- Physical Details
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- lii, 624, 39 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195101391, 9780195101393, 0195114078, 9780195114072, 0195090888, 9780195090888, 0195113454, 9780195113457
- OCLC
- ocm36581361
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also issued online.
- The river and its history -- The river and its explorers -- Frescoes from the past -- The boys' ambition -- I want to be a cub-pilot -- A cub-pilot's experience -- A daring deed -- Perplexing lessons -- Continued perplexities -- Completing my education -- The river rises -- Sounding -- A pilot's needs -- Rank and dignity of piloting -- The pilots' monopoly -- Racing days -- Cut-offs and stephen -- I take a few extra lessons -- Brown and i exchange compliments -- A catastrophe -- A section in my biography -- I return to my muttons -- Traveling incognito -- My incognito is exploded -- From Cairo to Hickman -- Under fire -- Some imported articles -- Uncle Mumford unloads -- A few specimen bricks -- Sketches by the way -- A thumb-print and what came of it -- The disposal of a bonanza -- Refreshments and ethics -- Tough yarns -- Vicksburg during the trouble -- The professor's yarn -- The end of the 'gold dust' -- The house beautiful -- Manufactures and miscreants -- Castles and culture -- The metropolis of the south -- Hygiene and sentiment -- The art of inhumation -- City sights -- Southern sports -- Enchantments and enchanters -- Uncle remus and mr. cable -- Sugar and postage -- Episodes in pilot life -- The 'original jacobs' -- Reminiscences -- A burning brand -- My boyhood's home -- Past and present -- A vendetta and other things -- A question of law -- An archangel -- On the upper river -- Legends and scenery -- Speculations and conclusions -- Appendix
Subjects
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley.
- Twain, Mark 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley.
Children's Subject Heading
- Twain, Mark 1835-1910 -- Journeys -- Mississippi River Valley.
Children's Subject Heading
- Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley.
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs.
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel.
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River.