Life on the Mississippi
Twain grew up on the river, achieved his boyhood dream of being a river pilot, and then had the good sense to write about it.
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- ISBN: 9781449877095
- Physical Description 1 audio file (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital.
- Edition Unabridged.
- Publisher Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books ; 2011.
- Copyright ℗1986
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General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from title screen (viewed April 27, 2011). GMD: electronic resource. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Norman Dietz. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager. System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA. |
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Life on the Mississippi
Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain's life before he began to write. Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among the greatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his time but also America's most profound chronicler of the human comedy.