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Life on the Mississippi

By Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi Personalities

Life on the Mississippi

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Description
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River, was host to riverboat travelers from around the world, providing a vigorous and variable atmosphere for the young Samuel Clemens to absorb. Clemens became a riverboat pilot and even chose his pen name-Mark Twain-from a term boatmen would call out signifying water depth at two fathoms, meaning safe clearance for travel. It was from this background that Life on the Mississippi emerged. It is an epochal record of America's growth, a stirring remembrance of her vanished past. And it earned for its author his first recognition as a serious writer. With an Introduction by Justin Kaplan and an Afterword by John Seelye
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2009-03-03
Publication Date:
2009-03-03
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0451531205
ISBN13:
9780451531209
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
191 g
Height:
106 cm
Width:
172 cm
Thickness:
27 cm

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