Life on the Mississippi, Complete

About this eBook

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Title

Life on the Mississippi

Credits

Produced by David Widger. Earliest PG text edition produced by Graham Allan

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River

Category

Text

eBook-No.

245

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/245

Release Date

July 10, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
2. 2.BY MARK TWAIN
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.THE 'BODY OF THE NATION'
5. 5.Chapter 1 — The River and Its History
6. 6.Chapter 2 — The River and Its Explorers
7. 7.Chapter 3 — Frescoes from the Past
8. 8.Chapter 4 — The Boys' Ambition
9. 9.Chapter 5 — I Want to be a Cub-pilot
10. 10.Chapter 6 — A Cub-pilot's Experience
11. 11.Chapter 7 — A Daring Deed
12. 12.Chapter 8 — Perplexing Lessons
13. 13.Chapter 9 — Continued Perplexities
14. 14.Chapter 10 — Completing My Education
15. 15.Chapter 11 — The River Rises
16. 16.Chapter 12 — Sounding
17. 17.Chapter 13 — A Pilot's Needs
18. 18.Chapter 14 — Rank and Dignity of Piloting
19. 19.Chapter 15 — The Pilots' Monopoly
20. 20.Chapter 16 — Racing Days
21. 21.Chapter 17 — Cut-offs and Stephen
22. 22.Chapter 18 — I Take a Few Extra Lessons
23. 23.Chapter 19 — Brown and I Exchange Compliments
24. 24.Chapter 20 — A Catastrophe
25. 25.Chapter 21 — A Section in My Biography
26. 26.Chapter 22 — I Return to My Muttons
27. 27.Chapter 23 — Traveling Incognito
28. 28.Chapter 24 — My Incognito is Exploded
29. 29.Chapter 25 — From Cairo to Hickman
30. 30.Chapter 26 — Under Fire — THE PILOT'S FIRST BATTLE
31. 31.Chapter 27 — Some Imported Articles
32. 32.Chapter 28 — Uncle Mumford Unloads
33. 33.Chapter 29 — A Few Specimen Bricks
34. 34.Chapter 30 — Sketches by the Way
35. 35.Chapter 31 — A Thumb-print and What Came of It
36. 36.Chapter 32 — The Disposal of a Bonanza
37. 37.Chapter 33 — Refreshments and Ethics
38. 38.Chapter 34 — Tough Yarns
39. 39.Chapter 35 — Vicksburg During the Trouble
40. 40.Chapter 36 — The Professor's Yarn
41. 41.Chapter 37 — The End of the 'Gold Dust'
42. 42.Chapter 38 — The House Beautiful
43. 43.Chapter 39 — Manufactures and Miscreants
44. 44.Chapter 40 — Castles and Culture
45. 45.Chapter 41 — The Metropolis of the South
46. 46.Chapter 42 — Hygiene and Sentiment
47. 47.Chapter 43 — The Art of Inhumation
48. 48.Chapter 44 — City Sights
49. 49.Chapter 45 — Southern Sports
50. 50.Chapter 46 — Enchantments and Enchanters
51. 51.Chapter 47 — Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
52. 52.Chapter 48 — Sugar and Postage
53. 53.Chapter 49 — Episodes in Pilot Life
54. 54.Chapter 50 — The 'Original Jacobs'
55. 55.Chapter 51 — Reminiscences
56. 56.Chapter 52 — A Burning Brand
57. 57.Chapter 53 — My Boyhood's Home
58. 58.Chapter 54 — Past and Present
59. 59.Chapter 55 — A Vendetta and Other Things
60. 60.Chapter 56 — A Question of Law
61. 61.Chapter 57 — An Archangel
62. 62.Chapter 58 — On the Upper River
63. 63.Chapter 59 — Legends and Scenery
64. 64.Chapter 60 — Speculations and Conclusions
65. 65.APPENDIX

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