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 Cited by: 1. Life On The Mississippi, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Life On The Mississippi, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Produced by David Widger. Earliest PG edition produced by Graham Allan LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI BY MARK TWAIN THE 'BODY OF THE NATION' BUT the basin of the Mississippi is the BODY OF THE NATION. All the. Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi () is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War/5(15K).
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. Used paperback book with only minor creasing along the spine and some rubbing on front and back covers. No writing, notes, or highlighting interferes with the text. Binding is ok but on the loose side. The text itself is pretty good. Standard shipping is via USPS Media Mail. It is a tad slower sometimes, but it is far less expensive. When Mark Twain was seventeen he went back to the home of his boyhood resolved to become a pilot on the Mississippi. How he learnt the river he has told us in 'Life on the Mississippi,' wherein his adventures, his experiences, and his impressions while he was a cub-pilot are recorded with a combination of precise veracity and abundant humor which makes the earlier chapters of that marvelous. Although Mark Twain used his childhood experiences growing up along the Mississippi in numerous works, nowhere is the river and the pilot's life more thoroughly described than in Life on the Mississippi. MARK TWAIN () was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri.
Life on the Mississippi may at first seem strange: bits of history, geology and folklore all mixed up and told with Twain’s characteristically sardonic wit. But then you realize that Twain crafted a new literary form: while telling the story of his youthful and mature travels along the river he is actually making you feel like you’re on a steamboat navigating midth century America. In this piece from his autobiographical book Life on the Mississippi, American novelist, journalist, lecturer, and humorist Mark Twain ponders the losses and gains of life and its countless experiences. The following passage—the aforementioned essay in its entirety—is the true account of a young Twain learning to pilot a steamboat on the Mississippi River. It is a fascinating portrait of life on a steamboat and of the River itself at that time and since Mark Twain had been a licensed pilot on the Mississippi, it is a book written by someone who knows his subject. (His pen-name of Mark Twain was taken from the leadsman's calling out the depth of 'two fathoms').
0コメント