Life On The Mississippi by Twain, Mark (9781544159492)

Life On The Mississippi

by Twain, Mark

Paperback - English

A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer... Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, Life on the Mississippi is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . "The Lincoln of our literature."

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1544159498

EAN

9781544159492

Publisher

CREATESPACE

Publication Date

27 Feb 2017

Pages

602

Weight (kg)

0.79

Dimensions (cm)

22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1

Lexile Level

1090

About Author

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist and writer, who is best known for his enduring novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has been called "the Great American Novel." Raised in Hannibal, Missouri, Twain held a variety of jobs including typesetter, riverboat pilot, and miner before achieving nationwide attention for his work as a journalist with "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." He earned critical and popular praise for his wit and enjoyed a successful career as a public speaker in addition to his writing. Tw