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100 1 $aTwain, Mark$d1835-1910.
245 10$aLife on the Mississippi /$cMark Twain ; with an introduction by Justin Kaplan and a new afterword by John Seelye.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bSignet Classics,$cc2009.
300 $axxiv, 373 p. ;$c18 cm.
490 1 $aSignet Classics
500 $a"A note on the text: The text of this edition of Life on the Mississippi is that of the first edition published by the American Publishing Company at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1883. Spelling and punctuation have been brought into conformity with modern American usage."--p. [374]
500 $aFirst Signet Classics printing, November 1961
500 $aFirst Signet Classics printing (Seelye Afterword), March 2009
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references
520 $aA memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The first half details a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541 and describes Twain's career as a Mississippi steamboat pilot, the fulfillment of a childhood dream. The second half of Life on the Mississippi tells of Twain's return, many years after, to travel the river from St. Louis to New Orleans. By then the competition from railroads had made steamboats passe, in spite of improvements in navigation and boat construction. Twain sees new, large cities on the river, and records his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture
600 10$aTwain, Mark$d1835-1910$xTravel$zMississippi River
650 0$aAuthors, American
650 0$aPilots and pilotage$zMississippi River
650 0$aSteamboats$zMississippi River
651 0$aMississippi River Valley$xSocial life and customs
651 0$aMississippi River$xDescription and travel
700 1 $aKaplan, Justin
700 1 $aSeelye, John
830 0$aSignet Classics