Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain with Justin Kaplan

384 pages first pub 1883 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Life on the Mississippi (1883) 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 River from St. Louis to New Orleans...

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Moods

informative 90%
funny 70%
adventurous 60%
reflective 40%
challenging 20%

Pace

slow 90%
fast 9%

Average rating

3.62

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