Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Life On The Mississippi (1883) By: Mark Twain: Life On The Mississippi (1883) Is A Memoir By Mark Twain Of His Days As A Steamboat Pilot On The MissiISBN13:9781545280386ISBN10:154528038XAuthor:Twain, Mark (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - 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 River 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 2] It Continues With Anecdotes Of Twain's Training As A Steamboat Pilot, As The 'Cub' (Apprentice) Of An Experienced Pilot, Horace E Bixby 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 Although Twain Was Actually 21 When He Began His Training, He Uses Artistic License To Make Himself Seem Somewhat Younger, Referring To Himself As A Fledgling And A Boy Who Ran Away From Home To Seek His Fortune On The River, And Playing Up His Own Callowness And Na Vet 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 Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), Better Known By His Pen Name Mark Twain, Was An American Writer, Humorist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, And Lecturer Among His Novels Are The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1876) And Its Sequel, Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1885), The Latter Often Called The Great American Novel Twain Was Raised In Hannibal, Missouri, Which Later Provided The Setting For Tom Sawyer And Huckleberry Finn He Served An Apprenticeship With A Printer And Then Worked As A Typesetter, Contributing 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 Lack Of Success At Mining, Turning To Journalism For The Virginia City Territorial Enterprise In 1865, His Humorous Story The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County Was Published, Based On A Story That 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 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 Twain Earned A Great Deal Of Money From His Writings And Lectures, But He Invested In Ventures That Lost Most Of It-Notably The Paige Compositor, A Mechanical Typesetter That Failed Because Of Its Complexity And Imprecision He Filed For Bankruptcy In The Wake Of These Financial Setbacks, But He Eventually Overcame His Financial Troubles With The Help Of Henry Huttleston Rogers He Chose To Pay All His Pre-Bankruptcy Creditors In Full, Even Though He Had No Legal Responsibility To Do So Twain Was Born Shortly After An Appearance Of Halley's Comet, And He Predicted That He Would Go Out With It As Well; He Died The Day After The Comet Returned He Was Lauded As The Greatest American Humorist Of His Age, And William Faulkner Called Him The Father Of American Literature Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-04-10Weight:1.08 lbsDimensions:0.51'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:244Language:English
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Book Title: Life on the Mississippi (1883). by: Mark Twain : 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
Number of Pages: 244 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 21.8 Oz
Author: Mark Twain
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
