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Life on the Mississippi

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  1. 01- The River and its History

    15:10

  2. 02-The River and Its Explorers

    12:32

  3. 03-Frescoes From the Past

    31:54

  4. 04-The Boys' Ambition

    10:04

  5. 05-I Want to be a Cub-pilot

    9:21

  6. 06-A Cub-pilot's Experience

    15:12

  7. 07-A Daring Deed

    13:28

  8. 08-Perplexing Lessons

    13:19

  9. 09-Continued Perplexities

    13:52

  10. 10-Completing My Education

    12:26

  11. 11-The River Rises

    14:51

  12. 12-Sounding

    13:11

  13. 13-A Pilot's Needs

    17:54

  14. 14-Rank and Dignity of Piloting

    14:19

  15. 15-The Pilots' Monopoly

    24:39

  16. 16-Racing Days

    11:59

  17. 17-Cut-offs and Stephen

    16:31

  18. 18-I Take a Few Extra Lessons

    11:56

  19. 19-Brown and I Exchange Compliments

    8:00

  20. 20-A Catastophe

    12:03

  21. 21-A Section in My Biography

    1:43

  22. 22-I Return to My Muttons

    17:46

  23. 23-Traveling Incognito

    6:44

  24. 24-My Incognito is Exploded

    11:55

  25. 25-From Cairo to Hickman

    12:40

  26. 26-Under Fire

    14:17

  27. 27-Some Imported Articles

    11:45

  28. 28-Uncle Mumford Unloads

    18:25

  29. 29-A Few Specimen Bricks

    20:31

  30. 30-Sketches by the Way

    17:42

  31. 31-A Thumb-print and What Came of It

    32:17

  32. 32-The Disposal of a Bonanza

    8:50

  33. 33-Refreshments and Ethics

    10:29

  34. 34-Tough Yarns

    4:16

  35. 35-Vicksburg During the Trouble

    17:34

  36. 36-The Professor's Yarn

    13:58

  37. 37-The End of the 'Gold Dust'

    2:10

  38. 38-The House Beautiful

    14:12

  39. 39-Manufactures and Miscreants

    12:44

  40. 40-Castles and Culture

    12:50

  41. 41-The Metropolis of the South

    9:06

  42. 42-Hygiene and Sentiment

    8:46

  43. 43-The Art of Inhumation

    8:22

  44. 44-City Sights

    15:02

  45. 45-Southern Sports

    17:45

  46. 46-Enchantments and Enchanters

    9:31

  47. 47-Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable

    5:11

  48. 48-Sugar and Postage

    14:17

  49. 49-Episodes in Pilot Life

    12:11

  50. 50-The 'Original Jacobs'

    11:45

  51. 51-Reminiscences

    14:52

  52. 52-A Burning Brand

    25:39

  53. 53-My Boyhood's Home

    10:51

  54. 54-Past and Present

    17:06

  55. 55-A Vendetta and Other Things

    13:09

  56. 56-A Question of Law

    11:11

  57. 57-An Archangel

    13:35

  58. 58-On the Upper River

    13:56

  59. 59-Legends and Scenery

    15:34

  60. 60-Speculations and Conclusions

    16:35

  61. Appendix A

    23:35

  62. Appendix B

    8:59

  63. Appendix C

    9:01

  64. Appendix D

    31:52

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Mark Twain looks back on his years learning to pilot steamboats on the Mississippi before the Civil War, when reading the river's shifting currents and hidden sandbars was a matter of life and death. The first half is a young man's education in a demanding trade, told with the humor and tall-tale flavor that became Twain's signature. The second half follows his return to the river decades later, when railroads and change had transformed the towns he once knew. Part memoir, part travelogue, part history, this 1883 book captures a vanishing world and the writer's deep affection for it. This free PDF and EPUB edition includes the full account.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".

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Book facts

First published
1883
Reading time
About 10 hours
Pages
612
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
John Greenman