Life on the Mississippi
eBook - PDF

Life on the Mississippi

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  1. 454 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Life on the Mississippi

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About this book

Before his literary career took off and he emerged as one of America's foremost men of letters, Mark Twain worked as a steamboat pilot in the antebellum South and Midwest. This fascinating account offers a brief history of commercial boating in the period and a probing, insightful, and eminently entertaining look at Twain's own experiences.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781775452430

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. The 'Body of the Nation'
  4. Chapter 1 - The River and its History
  5. Chapter 2 - The River and its Explorers
  6. Chapter 3 - Frescoes from the Past
  7. Chapter 4 - The Boys' Ambition
  8. Chapter 5 - I Want to Be a Cub-Pilot
  9. Chapter 6 - A Cub-Pilot's Experience
  10. Chapter 7 - A Daring Deed
  11. Chapter 8 - Perplexing Lessons
  12. Chapter 9 - Continued Perplexities
  13. Chapter 10 - Completing My Education
  14. Chapter 11 - The River Rises
  15. Chapter 12 - Sounding
  16. Chapter 13 - A Pilot's Needs
  17. Chapter 14 - Rank and Dignity of Piloting
  18. Chapter 15 - The Pilots' Monopoly
  19. Chapter 16 - Racing Days
  20. Chapter 17 - Cut-Offs and Stephen
  21. Chapter 18 - I Take a Few Extra Lessons
  22. Chapter 19 - Brown and I Exchange Compliments
  23. Chapter 20 - A Catastrophe
  24. Chapter 21 - A Section in My Biography
  25. Chapter 22 - I Return to My Muttons
  26. Chapter 23 - Traveling Incognito
  27. Chapter 24 - My Incognito is Exploded
  28. Chapter 25 - From Cairo to Hickman
  29. Chapter 26 - Under Fire
  30. Chapter 27 - Some Imported Articles
  31. Chapter 28 - Uncle Mumford Unloads
  32. Chapter 29 - A Few Specimen Bricks
  33. Chapter 30 - Sketches by the Way
  34. Chapter 31 - A Thumb-Print and What Came of It
  35. Chapter 32 - The Disposal of a Bonanza
  36. Chapter 33 - Refreshments and Ethics
  37. Chapter 34 - Tough Yarns
  38. Chapter 35 - Vicksburg During the Trouble
  39. Chapter 36 - The Professor's Yarn
  40. Chapter 37 - The End of the 'Gold Dust'
  41. Chapter 38 - The House Beautiful
  42. Chapter 39 - Manufactures and Miscreants
  43. Chapter 40 - Castles and Culture
  44. Chapter 41 - The Metropolis of the South
  45. Chapter 42 - Hygiene and Sentiment
  46. Chapter 43 - The Art of Inhumation
  47. Chapter 44 - City Sights
  48. Chapter 45 - Southern Sports
  49. Chapter 46 - Enchantments and Enchanters
  50. Chapter 47 - Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
  51. Chapter 48 - Sugar and Postage
  52. Chapter 49 - Episodes in Pilot Life
  53. Chapter 50 - The 'Original Jacobs'
  54. Chapter 51 - Reminiscences
  55. Chapter 52 - A Burning Brand
  56. Chapter 53 - My Boyhood's Home
  57. Chapter 54 - Past and Present
  58. Chapter 55 - A Vendetta and Other Things
  59. Chapter 56 - A Question of Law
  60. Chapter 57 - An Archangel
  61. Chapter 58 - On the Upper River
  62. Chapter 59 - Legends and Scenery
  63. Chapter 60 - Speculations and Conclusions
  64. Appendix A
  65. Appendix B
  66. Appendix C
  67. Appendix D
  68. Endnotes