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Length15h 23m
About this audiobook
First published in 1833, "Life on the Mississippi" is 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 from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War.
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GenreTravel, Biography and Memoir, History
Length15 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 4, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The "Body of the Nation"
2Chapter 1 - The River And Its History
3Chapter 2 - The River And Its Explorers
4Chapter 3 - Frescoes From The Past
5Chapter 4 - The Boys' Ambition
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6Chapter 5 - I Want To Be A Cub-pilot
7Chapter 6 - A Cub-pilot's Experience
8Chapter 7 - A Daring Deed
9Chapter 8 - Perplexing Lessons
10Chapter 9 - Continued Perplexities
11Chapter 10 - Completing My Education
12Chapter 11 - The River Rises
13Chapter 12 - Sounding
14Chapter 13 - A Pilot's Needs
15Chapter 14 - Rank And Dignity Of Piloting
16Chapter 15 - The Pilots' Monopoly
17Chapter 16 - Racing Days
18Chapter 17 - Cut-offs And Stephen
19Chapter 18 - I Take A Few Extra Lessons
20Chapter 19 - Brown And I Exchange Compliments
21Chapter 20 - A Catastrophe
22Chapter 21 - A Section In My Biography
23Chapter 22 - I Return To My Muttons
24Chapter 23 - Traveling Incognito
25Chapter 24 - My Incognito Is Exploded
26Chapter 25 - From Cairo To Hickman
27Chapter 26 - Under Fire
28Chapter 27 - Some Imported Articles
29Chapter 28 - Uncle Mumford Unloads
30Chapter 29 - A Few Specimen Bricks
31Chapter 30 - Sketches By The Way
32Chapter 31 - A Thumb-print And What Came Of It
33Chapter 32 - The Disposal Of A Bonanza
34Chapter 33 - Refreshments And Ethics
35Chapter 34 - Tough Yarns
36Chapter 35 - Vicksburg During The Trouble
37Chapter 36 - The Professor's Yarn
38Chapter 37 - The End Of The 'Gold Dust'
39Chapter 38 - The House Beautiful
40Chapter 39 - Manufactures And Miscreants
41Chapter 40 - Castles And Culture
42Chapter 41 - The Metropolis Of The South
43Chapter 42 - Hygiene And Sentiment
44Chapter 43 - The Art Of Inhumation
45Chapter 44 - City Sights
46Chapter 45 - Southern Sports
47Chapter 46 - Enchantments And Enchanters
48Chapter 47 - Uncle Remus And Mr. Cable
49Chapter 48 - Sugar And Postage
50Chapter 49 - Episodes In Pilot Life
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