Life on the Mississippi

Description:

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.

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