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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi

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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. [mehr]

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Mark Twain Life on The Mississippi (Illustrated)

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Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled "Old Times on the Mississippi". In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. [mehr]

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Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi

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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain, [mehr]

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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Life On The Mississippi, Complete (fiscle part-IV)

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In Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, the author describes many different aspects of the river and its life in the nineteenth century. Overall, Twain writes about the Mississippi as a living, breathing being - it is by far the most important character in the story, and functions as a character throughout the narrative. Half history and half memoir, Life on the Mississippi begins with an historical examination of the river. Twain writes of its early discovery by settlers and how, for many years, the river was ignored as anything but a simple natural fact: it was hardly used, and very few pilgrims came to live along it. However, it became an important feature as America expanded westward, and was of vital importance in trade and travel by the time Twain was born. [mehr]

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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi, Complete( Of -1)

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The Mississippi Is Well Worth Reading about. It Is Not A Commonplace River, But On The Contrary Is In all Ways Remarkable. Considering the Missouri Its Main Branch, It Is The Longest River In the World--Four Thousand Three Hundred miles. It Seems Safe To Say That It Is Also The Crookedest River In the World, Since In one Part Of Its Journey It Uses Up One Thousand Three Hundred miles To Cover The Same Ground That The Crow Would Fly Over In six Hundred and Seventy-Five. [mehr]

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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi, Complete (Of -2)

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'Such Was Ritter'S Narrative,' Said I To My Two Friends. There Was A Profound And Impressive Silence, Which Lasted [mehr]

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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi, Complete (Fiscle Part 4)

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The Mississippi Is Well Worth Reading About. It Is Not A Commonplace River, But On The Contrary Is In All Ways Remarkable. Considering The Missouri Its Main Branch, It Is The Longest River In The World--Four Thousand Three Hundred Miles. It Seems Safe To Say That It Is Also The Crookedest River In The World, Since In One Part Of Its Journey It Uses Up One Thousand Three Hundred Miles To Cover The Same Ground That The Crow Would Fly Over In Six Hundred And Seventy-Five. It Discharges Three Times As Much Water As The St. Lawrence, Twenty-Five Times As Much As The Rhine, And Three Hundred And Thirty-Eight Times As Much As The Thames. [mehr]

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MARK TWAIN LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, COMPLETE (FISCLE PART-IV)

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain, [mehr]

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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi, Complete (fiscle part-IV)

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885),[2] the latter often called "the Great American Novel." Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.[3] In 1865, his humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek.[4] His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. [mehr]

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