Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
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Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
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eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Life on the Mississippi
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dictionaries
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Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
Series statement
The Oxford Mark Twain
Summary
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. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Saint Paul many years after the war
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adult
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- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Journeys -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Electronic books
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley
- Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
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- Subject10
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Journeys -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Electronic books
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley
- Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
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- Author1
- Is Derivative Of1
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