Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a Memoir by Mark Twain of his Days as a Steamboat Pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St.
He later became a riverboat Pilot on the Mississ.
He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens.
Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel." Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales.
He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture.
Louis to New Orleans.
In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a Steamboat from St.
He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled "Old Times on the Mississippi." Although Twain was actually 21 when he began his training, he uses artistic license to make himself seem somewhat younger, referring to himself as a "fledgling" and a "boy" who "ran away from home" to seek his fortune on the river, and playing up his own callowness and na vet .
Bixby. 2] It continues with anecdotes of Twain\'s training as a Steamboat pilot, as the \'cub\' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E.
The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542.
Louis to New Orleans many years after the War.
Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a Memoir by Mark Twain of his Days as a Steamboat Pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St
