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Life on the Mississippi [pbk]

Before his literary career took off and he emerged as one of America's foremost men of letters, Mark Twain worked as a steamboat pilot in the antebellum South and Midwest. This fascinating account offers a brief history of commercial boating in the period and a probing, insightful, and eminently entertaining look at Twain's own experiences.

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  • "Life on the Mississippi"
  • "Life on the Mississippi"@it
  • "Life on the Mississippi"@ja
  • "Oxford Mark Twain"
  • "Life on the Missisippi"@pl
  • "Mark Twain's works"
  • "Lehr- und Wanderjahre"
  • "Leben Auf dem Mississippi [Life on the Mississippi, dt.]- Im Gold- und Silberland. (Uebers. v. M[argarete] Jacobi u. L[ouis] Ottmann.)"
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  • "Mississippi"

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  • "Before his literary career took off and he emerged as one of America's foremost men of letters, Mark Twain worked as a steamboat pilot in the antebellum South and Midwest. This fascinating account offers a brief history of commercial boating in the period and a probing, insightful, and eminently entertaining look at Twain's own experiences."@en
  • "Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain. An American author and humorist of the first order he is perhaps most famous for his novels, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, written in 1876, and its sequel, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, written in 1885 and often described with that mythic line - "the Great American Novel." Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the backdrop for these great novels. Apprenticed to a printer he also worked as a typesetter but eventually became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Later, heading west with his brother, Orion to make his fortune he failed at gold mining and instead turned to journalism and found his true calling as a writer of humorous stories. His wit and humour sparkle from every page, his craft evident with every phase and punctured target. Of course as a master of his craft his observations on people, situations and locations create a fabric of great texture and detail and this reflects across short stories, novels and his travel writings. Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and predicted that he would "go out with it" as well. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return in 1910. Here we present Life on the Mississippi."@en
  • "The Economic and social order of the steamboat era as observed and remembered by Mark Twain."@en
  • "The autobiographical story of a young man who becomes an apprentice on a Mississippi river boat and the adventures he faces as he earns his pilot's license."@en
  • "The autobiographical story of a young man who becomes an apprentice on a Mississippi river boat and the adventures he faces as he earns his pilot's license."
  • "An account of Twain's experiences as an apprentice riverboat pilot in the days of the great Mississippi steamboats."@en
  • "An account of Twain's experiences as an apprentice riverboat pilot in the days of the great Mississippi steamboats."
  • "At once a romantic history of the mighty Mississippi River, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of anecdotes and sketches, this stirring account of America's vanished past is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel--"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". A new introduction is provided by Twain biographer, Justin Kaplan."
  • "When Mark Twain was 17, the great river drew him irresistibly, and he became a cub-pilot, leading a life of excitement on the Mississippi."@en
  • "Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain's life before he began to write. Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among the greatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his time but also America's most profound chronicler of the human comedy. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "The popular 19th-century humorist offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice steamboat pilot on one of the world's greatest rivers to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Engrossing and entertaining anecdotes by a peerless storyteller from a now-finished chapter of American history."@en
  • "Offers a history of the river, describes Twain's experiences as a riverboat pilot, and shares tall tales, character sketches, and observations about the Mississippi."@en
  • "Offers a history of the river, describes Twain's experiences as a riverboat pilot, and shares tall tales, character sketches, and observations about the Mississippi."
  • ""I am a person who would quit authorizing in a minute to go to piloting, ' Mark Twain once remarked. 'I would rather sink a steamboat than eat, any time.' And in 1882, Twain did just that: he returned to the river of his youth as a mature writer determined to expand seven articles which he had serialized in The Atlantic Monthly in 1875 into the definitive travelogue on the great Mississippi. Although Life on the Mississippi was not commercially successful when first published in May 1883, it is the work that Twain later claimed was the favorite among his books. Twain's rich portrait of the Mississippi also marks a distinctive transition in the life of the nation, from the boom years preceding the Civil War to the sober times that followed. Yet it is infused with the irreverent humor that was his trademark. 'Mark Twain was the first writer who ever used the American vernacular at the level of art, ' said Bernard de Voto. 'He had a greater effect than any other writer on the evolution of American prose.""@en
  • "An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot."
  • "An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot."@en
  • "An autobiography of Mark Twain's early life in the Mississippi River Valley during the days of the steamboats."
  • "Accelerated reader ;"
  • "At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."@en
  • "At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
  • "Twain's apprenticeship as river pilot on Mississippi."@en
  • "Twain's apprenticeship as river pilot on Mississippi."
  • "At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain?s early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by 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. This section was first published in 1876, titled Old times on the Mississippi. In the second half, the book describes Twain's return, many years later, to travel on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, the new, large cities, and his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. Simultaneously published in 1883 in the U.S. and in England, it is said to be the first book to be submitted to a publisher as a typewritten manuscript. The book was made into a TV movie for American public television in 1980, with David Knell as Sam Clemens. The story uses many tall tales from the book, which are woven into a fictional narrative."@en
  • ""This American classic tells Mark Twain's autobiographical account of river life."--ARBookFind."@en
  • "At once a romantic history of the mighty Mississippi River, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of anecdotes and sketches, this stirring account of America's vanished past is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel--"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.""@en
  • "At once a romantic history of the mighty Mississippi River, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of anecdotes and sketches, this stirring account of America's vanished past is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel--"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.""
  • "A memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The first half details a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541 and describes Twain's career as a Mississippi steamboat pilot, the fulfillment of a childhood dream. The second half of Life on the Mississippi tells of Twain's return, many years after, to travel the river from St. Louis to New Orleans. By then the competition from railroads had made steamboats passe, in spite of improvements in navigation and boat construction. Twain sees new, large cities on the river, and records his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture."@en
  • "Mark Twain's autobiographical account of river life. Great American classic. *** "Twain's firsthand portrait of the steamboat age and the science of riverboat piloting recalls the history of the Mississippi River, from its discovery by Europeans to the writer's own time." *** "Twain's famous account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and his own experiences as a pilot. Its historical sketches, its frequent passages of vivid description, and its humorous episodes combine to make [this] a masterpiece of the literature of the Middle West." Eng and Pope's What to Read."@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi was, in some ways, the book Mark Twain always wanted to write. It was the travel narrative most closely connected with his youth, with his sense of self, with his life. Twain viewed the Mississippi River as a defining feature of his life, his culture, and his country. It is in this book that we learn how Samuel Clemens took on the pen name Mark Twain. This is a work not about the Mississippi, but about life on the Mississippi. It is a text that lays before the reader not only the life of America's greatest river, but the life of one of her greatest artists. Yet, in doing these two things, it does more, for, when all is said and done, Life on the Mississippi lays before the reader the life of the nation itself, a portrait of nineteenth-century American life and culture as only Mark Twain can paint it."

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  • "The Oxford Mark Twain"
  • "Life on the Mississippi : With an afterword by Leonard Kriegel"
  • "Life on the Mississippi [pbk]"@en
  • "La vida en el Misisipí"@es
  • "Life on the Mississppi"@en
  • "The Oxford Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi"
  • "@Life on the Mississippi"
  • "Życie na Missisipi"
  • "Życie na Missisipi"@pl
  • "Vita sul Mississippi"@it
  • "Auf dem Mississippi ; Nach dem fernen Westen"
  • "Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain [pseud.]"@en
  • "Life of the Mississippi"@en
  • "Life on the Mississipi"
  • "Fra Mississippifloden : Skildringer"@da
  • "Life on the Mississippi : [Hartford]"@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi. : With an afterword by Leonard Kriegel"@en
  • "Auf dem Mississippi"
  • "Auf dem Mississippi Nach dem fernen Westen"
  • "Auf dem Mississippi : nach dem fernen Westen"
  • "Life on the Mississippi : Illustr. by Walter Stewart"
  • "Life on the mississipi"
  • "Auf dem Mississippi : Lehr- und Wanderjahre"
  • "Mississippi-virralla"@fi
  • "Livet på Mississippi : med indledning ved Frithiof Brandt"@da
  • "Life On The Mississippi"
  • "Life On The Mississippi"@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi"
  • "Life on the Mississippi"@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi"@ja
  • "Life on the Mississippi : with an introd. by Harold Beaver"
  • "Leben auf dem Mississippi"
  • "Life on the Mississippi, etc"@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi : Introduction by John Willoughby"
  • "Life on the Mississippi : [prospectus]"@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain"
  • "Livet på Mississippi"@sv
  • "Livet på Mississippi"
  • "Livet på Mississippi"@da
  • "Life on the Mississippi. With ... illustrations"@en
  • "Life on the Mississippi : In 2 Volumes : Vol. 1-2"
  • "La vida en el Misisipi"
  • "La vida en el Misisipi"@es
  • "Leben auf dem Mississippi (Life on the Mississippi, dt.- Übertr. v. Otto Wilck. Illustr. v. Klaus Ensikat)"
  • "Life on the mississippi"@en
  • "Life on the mississippi"
  • "Auf dem Mississippi : vom Schiffsjungen zum Schriftsteller"
  • "Životot kraj Misisipi"
  • "Fra Mississippifloden : Skildringer : Af Forf. avtor : Overs. ved C. L. With"@da
  • "Leben auf dem Mississippi [Life on the Mississippi, dt.]- Im Gold- und Silberland"
  • "Auf dem Mississippi. Nach dem fernen Westen"

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