Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
Type
Label
Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Life on the Mississippi
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe
Series statement
The Oxford Mark Twain
Summary
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the war
Target audience
adult
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Electronic books
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Journeys -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley
- Authors, American + Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
Content
Is Part Of
Incoming Resources
- Has instance5
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Electronic books
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Journeys -- Mississippi River Valley
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River Valley
- Authors, American + Homes and haunts -- Mississippi River Valley
- Content1
- Is Part Of1