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An edition of Life on the Mississippi (1883)

Life on the Mississippi

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At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Gabriel Wells
Language
English
Pages
526

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Subjects
American Authors, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile literature, River boats, Description and travel, River life, Classic Literature, Travel, Open Library Staff Picks, Pilots and pilotage, History, Social life and customs, Journeys, Intellectual life, Homes and haunts, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Childhood and youth, Biography, Steamboats, Mississippi River -- Description and travel., Twain, mark, 1835-1910, Mississippi river valley, social life and customs, Mississippi river, description and travel, Authors, biography, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Authors, american, Mississippi river valley, description and travel, Large type books, Manners and customs, Human beings, Philosophical anthropology, Mind and body, Philosophy of mind, Mistaken identity, Voyages around the world, Imperialism, Political corruption, Legislators, Speculation, Businessmen, Political fiction, Americans, Walking, American Humorists, Tom Sawyer (Fictitious character), Balloon ascensions, Knights and knighthood, Kings and rulers, Britons, Time travel, Infants switched at birth, Impostors and imposture, Passing (Identity), Trials (Murder), Race relations, Conjoined twins, Imaginary conversations, Baconian theory, Authorship, American Humorous stories, Ship captains, Imaginary Voyages, Heaven, Satire, American War stories, Storytelling, Runaway children, Boys, Christian women saints, Speeches, addresses, etc., American, Comedy sketches, Huckleberry Finn (Fictitious character), Male friendship, Fugitive slaves, Poor children, Princes, History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Science, Controversial literature, 18.06 Anglo-American literature, Bacon-Shakespeare controversy, Autorschaft, Belletristische Darstellung, Récits humoristiques américains, Sketches, City life
People
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Places
Mississippi, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Valley, Mississippi Valley
Times
19th century

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1992, Book-of-the-Month Club
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1969, Caedmon
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1923, Gabriel Wells
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1917, Harper & Brothers Publishers
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1887, Chatto & Windus
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Edition Notes

Appreciation by Meredith Nicholson. Introd. by Albert Bigelow Paine.
Source: Gift of John Horton, Dec. 29, 1988.

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New York
Series
The writings of Mark Twain ;
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS1300 .F22 1922 vol. 12, PS1314 .F22 1922 vol. 12

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 526 p., [6] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
526

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1598299M
Internet Archive
marktworkswrite12twairich
LCCN
91132011

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