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Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain

Mark Twain's classic account of his years as a Mississippi riverboat pilot — part memoir, part history, part comedy, capturing the river's majestic power.

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Life on the Mississippi: A Complete Guide to Twain's River Memoir

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain — his classic account of steamboat piloting, river history, and the characters who worked America's greatest waterway.

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