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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. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E. Bixby.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length15 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The ‘Body Of The Nation’
32Chapter 32. The Disposal Of A Bonanza
2Chapter 2. The River And Its Explorers
33Chapter 33. Refreshments And Ethics
3Chapter 3. Frescoes From The Past
34Chapter 34. Tough Yarns
4Chapter 4. The Boys’ Ambition
35Chapter 35. Vicksburg During The Trouble
5Chapter 5. I Want To Be A Cub-Pilot
36Chapter 36. The Professor’s Yarn
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6Chapter 6. A Cub-Pilot’s Experience
37Chapter 37. The End Of The ‘Gold Dust’
7Chapter 7. A Daring Deed
38Chapter 38. The House Beautiful
8Chapter 8. Perplexing Lessons
39Chapter 39. Manufactures And Miscreants
9Chapter 9. Continued Perplexities
40Chapter 40. Castles And Culture
10Chapter 10. Completing My Education
41Chapter 41. The Metropolis Of The South
11Chapter 11. The River Rises
42Chapter 42. Hygiene And Sentiment
12Chapter 12. Sounding
43Chapter 43. The Art Of Inhumation
13Chapter 13. A Pilot’s Needs
44Chapter 44. City Sights
14Chapter 14. Rank And Dignity Of Piloting
45Chapter 45. Southern Sports
15Chapter 15. The Pilots’ Monopoly
46Chapter 46. Enchantments And Enchanters
16Chapter 16. Racing Days
47Chapter 47. Uncle Remus And Mr. Cable
17Chapter 17. Cut-Offs And Stephen
48Chapter 48. Sugar And Postage
18Chapter 18. I Take A Few Extra Lessons
49Chapter 49. Episodes In Pilot Life
19Chapter 19. Brown And I Exchange Compliments
50Chapter 50. The ‘Original Jacobs’
20Chapter 20. A Catastrophe
51Chapter 51. Reminiscences
21Chapter 21. A Section In My Biography
52Chapter 52. A Burning Brand
22Chapter 22. I Return To My Muttons
53Chapter 53. My Boyhood’s Home
23Chapter 23. Traveling Incognito
54Chapter 54. Past And Present
24Chapter 24. My Incognito Is Exploded
55Chapter 55. A Vendetta And Other Things
25Chapter 25. From Cairo To Hickman
56Chapter 56. A Question Of Law
26Chapter 26. Under Fire
57Chapter 57. An Archangel
27Chapter 27. Some Imported Articles
58Chapter 58. On The Upper River
28Chapter 28. Uncle Mumford Unloads
59Chapter 59. Legends And Scenery
29Chapter 29. A Few Specimen Bricks
60Chapter 60. Speculations And Conclusions
30Chapter 30. Sketches By The Way
61Appendix
31Chapter 31. A Thumb-Print And What Came Of It
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