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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1352447 Title: Life on the Mississippi, Author: Mark Twain; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) Publisher: New York, London, Harper & Brothers [1917] OCLC:1352447

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Life on the Mississippi,

Author:	Mark Twain; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher:	New York, London, Harper & Brothers [1917]
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	An account of Twain's experiences as an apprentice riverboat pilot in the days of the great Mississippi steamboats.
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Life on the Mississippi. New York, London, Harper & Brothers [1917] (OCoLC)569097172
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Mark Twain; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	1352447
Description:	4 p. l., 526, [1] p. front., plates. 21 cm.
Contents:	The river and its history -- The river and its explorers -- Frescoes from the past -- The boys' ambition -- I want to be a cub-pilot -- A cub-pilot's experience -- A daring deed -- Perplexing lessons -- Continued perplexities -- Completing my education -- The river rises -- Sounding -- A pilot's needs -- Rank and dignity of piloting -- The pilots' monopoly -- Racing days -- Cut-offs and stephen -- I take a few extra lessons -- Brown and i exchange compliments -- A catastrophe -- A section in my biography -- I return to my muttons -- Traveling incognito -- My incognito is exploded -- From Cairo to Hickman -- Under fire -- Some imported articles -- Uncle Mumford unloads -- A few specimen bricks -- Sketches by the way -- A thumb-print and what came of it -- The disposal of a bonanza -- Refreshments and ethics -- Tough yarns -- Vicksburg during the trouble -- The professor's yarn -- The end of the 'gold dust' -- The house beautiful -- Manufactures and miscreants -- Castles and culture -- The metropolis of the south -- Hygiene and sentiment -- The art of inhumation -- City sights -- Southern sports -- Enchantments and enchanters -- Uncle remus and mr. cable -- Sugar and postage -- Episodes in pilot life -- The 'original jacobs' -- Reminiscences -- A burning brand -- My boyhood's home -- Past and present -- A vendetta and other things -- A question of law -- An archangel -- On the upper river -- Legends and scenery -- Speculations and conclusions -- Appendix.
Responsibility:	by Mark Twain [pseud.]

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An account of Twain's experiences as an apprentice riverboat pilot in the days of the great Mississippi steamboats.

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