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Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain
Justin Kaplan
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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
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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9781101029312
  • Release date: March 3, 2009

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101029312
  • Release date: March 3, 2009

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101029312
  • File size: 661 KB
  • Release date: March 3, 2009

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1090
Text Difficulty:7-9

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
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction