Life on the Mississippi

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100 1 ‡aTwain, Mark, ‡d1835-1910
245 1 0 ‡aLife on the Mississippi, ‡cby Mark Twain [pseud.]
250 ‡aAuthor's national ed.
260 ‡aNew York, ‡bHarper & Brothers, ‡c1911.
300 ‡a526 p. ‡billus. ‡c21 cm.
490 0 ‡aWritings of Mark Twain, ‡vv. 9
505 0 ‡aThe Mississippi river -- La Salle again, also a cat-fish -- A little history -- The boys' ambition -- A traveler -- Besieging the pilot -- River inspectors -- A heavy-loaded big gun -- Shake the reef -- Putting on airs -- In the tract business -- Low water -- A pilot's memory -- Pilots and captains -- New pilots undermining the Pilots' Association -- All aboard -- Cut-offs -- Sharp schooling -- A question of veracity -- I become a passenger -- I get my license -- Tying the alias business -- Old French settlements -- I receive some information -- The Devil's Oven and Table -- I meet an acquaintance -- French and Spanish quarters -- "Waw" talk -- Mardi Gras -- Uncle Remus -- Tight curls and springy steps -- Pilot-farmers -- A patriarch -- A fresh 'cub' at the wheel -- I collar an idea -- A masterly retreat -- A special judgment -- A second generation -- Perverted history -- A model town -- An independent race.
520 ‡aBoth a memoir and a travel book, Mark Twain recalls his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and then many years after, recounts a trip as passenger along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, continues with Twain's anecdotes of his training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, and the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. On the later trip downriver, despite of improvements in navigation and boat construction, the time of the steamboat is passing. There is competition from railroads, and as he describes new, large cities, and he adds observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture.
538 ‡aMode of access: Internet.
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600 1 0 ‡aTwain, Mark, ‡d1835-1910 ‡xTravel ‡zMississippi River.
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650 0 ‡aAuthors, American ‡y19th century ‡vBiography
650 0 ‡aPilots and pilotage ‡zMississippi River
650 0 ‡aSteamboats ‡zMississippi River.
651 0 ‡aMississippi River Valley ‡xSocial life and customs
651 0 ‡aMississippi River ‡xDescription and travel
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710 2 ‡aHarper & Brothers, ‡epublisher.
776 0 8 ‡iOnline version: ‡aTwain, Mark, 1835-1910. ‡tLife on the Mississippi. ‡bAuthor's national ed. ‡dNew York, Harper & Bros., 1911 ‡w(OCoLC)903871083
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