Life on the Mississippi cover Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. Life on the Mississippi book cover This image is a book cover. ...
Life on the Mississippi book cover This image is a book cover. ...
A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ...
Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ...
Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ...
The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...
The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. Hernando de Soto is a: Spanish explorer. ...
In the second half, the book describes Twain's return, many years later, to travel on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, the new, large cities, and his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. A tall tale is a story that claims to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon, or sometimes illustrates how skilled/intelligent/powerful the subject of the tale was. ...
It is said to be the first book composed on a typewriter. This Smith Premier typewriter, purchased around the end of the 19th century, was found abandoned in the Bodie ghost town. ...
The book was made into a TV movie by Public Television in 1980. The story uses many tall tales from the book, which are woven into a fictional narrative.
See also, Lagniappe, Mud clerk This article concerns the French/Spanish loanword. ...
A mud clerk was an helper or all-around worker aboard a steamboat during the period before and after the American Civil War, particularly steamboats on the Mississippi River. ...
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