Twain, Mark,  1835-1910 <br/><br/>
Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi  Release date is 2004-07-08 
<br/><br/>Produced by David Widger  Produced by David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Life on the Mississippi, Part 1." by Mark Twain is a memoir published in 1883. Twain recounts his youthful experiences training as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the Civil War, learning to navigate the ever-changing waters under veteran pilot Horace Bixby's guidance. The work combines historical context about European exploration of the river with vivid anecdotes of life aboard steamboats, capturing a vanishing era of American river culture with characteristic wit and nostalgia. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>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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