TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twain,Mark
TI  - Life on the Mississippi, Part 8
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Mississippi River -- Description and travel
KW  - Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
KW  - Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
KW  - Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
KW  - Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi; Release date is 2004-07-10; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Life on the Mississippi, Part 8" by Mark Twain is a memoir published in 1883. This work recounts Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the Civil War, detailing his apprenticeship under veteran pilot Horace Bixby. The memoir also chronicles his return journey decades later, observing how railroads, expanding cities, and changing times have transformed river life. Twain blends vivid navigation tales with reflections on greed, gullibility, and the evolving American landscape along the storied waterway. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8478
ER  -