Dallas Public Library

Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe

eng

Includes bibliographical references

autobiography

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Life on the Mississippi

bibliography

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Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Willie Morris ; afterword, Lawrence Howe

The Oxford Mark Twain

Twain's apprenticeship as river pilot on Mississippi

The river and its history -- The river and its explorers -- Frescoes from the past -- The boys' ambition -- I want to be a cub-pilot -- A cub-pilot's experience -- A daring deed -- Perplexing lessons -- Continued perplexities -- Completing my education -- The river rises -- Sounding -- A pilot's needs -- Rank and dignity of piloting -- The pilots' monopoly -- Racing days -- Cut-offs and stephen -- I take a few extra lessons -- Brown and i exchange compliments -- A catastrophe -- A section in my biography -- I return to my muttons -- Traveling incognito -- My incognito is exploded -- From Cairo to Hickman -- Under fire -- Some imported articles -- Uncle Mumford unloads -- A few specimen bricks -- Sketches by the way -- A thumb-print and what came of it -- The disposal of a bonanza -- Refreshments and ethics -- Tough yarns -- Vicksburg during the trouble -- The professor's yarn -- The end of the 'gold dust' -- The house beautiful -- Manufactures and miscreants -- Castles and culture -- The metropolis of the south -- Hygiene and sentiment -- The art of inhumation -- City sights -- Southern sports -- Enchantments and enchanters -- Uncle remus and mr. cable -- Sugar and postage -- Episodes in pilot life -- The 'original jacobs' -- Reminiscences -- A burning brand -- My boyhood's home -- Past and present -- A vendetta and other things -- A question of law -- An archangel -- On the upper river -- Legends and scenery -- Speculations and conclusions -- Appendix