Life on the Mississippi

Before he was Mark Twain, he was a riverboat pilot—and the Mississippi was his world.Life on the Mississippi is part memoir, part history, and pure storytelling brilliance. In this vivid and humorous narrative, Mark Twain recounts his youthful adventures as a steamboat pilot on the mighty Mississippi River, painting an unforgettable portrait of pre-Civil War America, river towns, and a disappearin...