Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain's 1883 memoir and travel narrative recounts his years training as a Mississippi River steamboat pilot and his later return to the river, blending river history, pilot lore, and observations on the towns and people along its banks.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Biographies›Writers, artists, and musicians›Novelists and story writers›American and Canadian novelists

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Adults›Biographies›Writers, artists, and musicians›Novelists and story writers