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Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain
Large part travelogue, but offers a unique view into the old meanderings of the Mississippi River and the process of surrounding culture shifting just as the river itself and industrial development shifts.
Mark Twain enjoys spinning a yarn; the stories he collects and recants along the way make the book enjoyable and quite funny in an old fashioned sort of worldview and storytelling way. I enjoyed the look into the culture of the day and the take on humor which I can't recognize existing in modern life.
The particular details, facts and some of the histories of the riverside towns made it tough to get through all 384 pages but it ultimately rewards as a unique time-capsule that I wouldn't have known much about otherwise in modern life.
Mark Twain enjoys spinning a yarn; the stories he collects and recants along the way make the book enjoyable and quite funny in an old fashioned sort of worldview and storytelling way. I enjoyed the look into the culture of the day and the take on humor which I can't recognize existing in modern life.
The particular details, facts and some of the histories of the riverside towns made it tough to get through all 384 pages but it ultimately rewards as a unique time-capsule that I wouldn't have known much about otherwise in modern life.