TY - BOOK AU - Twain,Mark TI - Life on the Mississippi, Part 10 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 10." by Mark Twain is a memoir published in 1883. It recounts Twain's experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the Civil War, detailing his apprenticeship under veteran pilot Horace Bixby. The work also chronicles his return journey years later, observing how the river and its towns have transformed. Twain blends personal anecdotes, navigational expertise, tall tales, and social commentary on American progress and excess along the mighty waterway. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8480 ER -