Twain, Mark,  1835-1910 <br/><br/>
Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi  Release date is 2004-07-10 
<br/><br/>Produced by David Widger  Produced by David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Life on the Mississippi, Part 12." by Mark Twain is a memoir published in 1883. This work combines Twain's recollections of his youth as a steamboat pilot's apprentice on the Mississippi River before the Civil War with his later travel observations. He chronicles the art of navigating the ever-changing river, his training under experienced pilot Horace Bixby, and his post-war journeys from St. Louis to New Orleans and beyond, documenting how railroads and modern cities transformed the landscape he once knew. (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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