Length11h 30m
About this audiobook
'Life on the Mississippi' is a memoir by Mark Twain about his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It's also a travel book, recounting Twain's return to the river and his observations of the changes brought about by industrialization and civilization. Twain uses humor and vivid detail to bring the history, culture, and character of the mighty river and its people to life.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length11 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 1, 1883
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The River and Its History
31Sketches by the Way
2The River and Its Explorers
32A Thumb-print and What Came of It
3Frescoes from the Past
33The Disposal of a Bonanza
4The Boys' Ambition
34Refreshments and Ethics
5I Want to be a Cub-pilot
35Tough Yarns
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6A Cub-pilot's Experience
36Vicksburg During the Trouble
7A Daring Deed
37The Professor's Yarn
8Perplexing Lessons
38The End of the 'Gold Dust'
9Continued Perplexities
39The House Beautiful
10Completing My Education
40Manufactures and Miscreants
11The River Rises
41Castles and Culture
12Sounding
42The Metropolis of the South
13A Pilot's Needs
43Hygiene and Sentiment
14Rank and Dignity of Piloting
44The Art of Inhumation
15The Pilots' Monopoly
45City Sights
16Racing Days
46Southern Sports
17Cut-offs and Stephen
47Enchantments and Enchanters
18I Take a Few Extra Lessons
48Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
19Brown and I Exchange Compliments
49Sugar and Postage
20A Catastrophe
50Episodes in Pilot Life
21A Section in My Biography
51The 'Original Jacobs'
22I Return to My Muttons
52Reminiscences
23Traveling Incognito
53A Burning Brand
24My Incognito is Exploded
54My Boyhood's Home
25From Cairo to Hickman
55Past and Present
26Under Fire
56A Vendetta and Other Things
27The Pilot's First Battle
57A Question of Law
28Some Imported Articles
58An Archangel
29Uncle Mumford Unloads
59On the Upper River
30A Few Specimen Bricks
60Speculations and Conclusions
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