Life On The Mississippi
by Twain Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Perennial. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback, light scuffing, spine creased and edgewear. Previous owner's name written on half title page. Very light black mark on spine bottom. Clean interior with a solid binding, squared. "Mark Twain's own story of his youthful years as a cub-pilot on a steamboat plowing up and down the Mississippi River." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 364 pages .
Synopsis
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3120
- Title
- Life On The Mississippi
- Author
- Twain Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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- Title Page
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