Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
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Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Life on the Mississippi
Medium
electronic resource eBook
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Mark Twain
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, UG, 9.1, 24, 10039
Summary
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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Subject
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Electronic books
- Steamboats -- Mississippi River
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley
- Authors, American + Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
Content
Other version
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- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject10
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Electronic books
- Steamboats -- Mississippi River
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley
- Authors, American + Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Content1
- Other version1