Life on the Mississippi, Part 2.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi Release date is 2004-07-09
Produced by David Widger Produced by David Widger
"Life on the Mississippi, Part 2." by Mark Twain is a memoir and travel book published in 1883. This work combines Twain's recollections of his youth as a steamboat pilot apprentice on the Mississippi River before the Civil War with his observations from a return journey years later. He chronicles his training under experienced pilot Horace Bixby, the art of navigating the ever-changing river, and contrasts the romantic steamboat era with a modernizing America transformed by railroads and urban growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Mississippi River -- Description and travel Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi Release date is 2004-07-09
Produced by David Widger Produced by David Widger
"Life on the Mississippi, Part 2." by Mark Twain is a memoir and travel book published in 1883. This work combines Twain's recollections of his youth as a steamboat pilot apprentice on the Mississippi River before the Civil War with his observations from a return journey years later. He chronicles his training under experienced pilot Horace Bixby, the art of navigating the ever-changing river, and contrasts the romantic steamboat era with a modernizing America transformed by railroads and urban growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Mississippi River -- Description and travel Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River
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