01451cam a2200337 i 4500 613866808 TxAuBib 20120406120000.0 870601s1987||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87061681 9780895772756 $14.95 0895772752 $14.95 TxAuBib rda Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Life on the Mississippi / Mark Twain ; afterword by Lafcadio Hearn. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1987] ©1987. 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier World's best reading, The Life on the Mississippi was released in 1883 as a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, as well as travels on the river after the war. The writing shows Twain's love for the river and how it was uniquely American. 20120406. Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Travel Mississippi River. Authors, American 19th century Biography. Pilots and pilotage Mississippi River. Mississippi River Description and travel. Mississippi River Valley Social life and customs. The World's best reading.