Life on the Mississippi

Name: Life on the Mississippi
Brand: Penguin Classics
SKU: 9780140390506-PRUSDTR-US
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English • Age Adult - Adult

448 pages • 5.15 x 7.73 x 1.0 in

Approx. weight: 0.78 lb

Publication date: 05 Feb,1985

Barcode: 9780140390506 • Penguin Classics

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By: Mark Twain

In 1882 Mark Twain returned to the river of his childhood, determined to write the definitive travel book on the Mississippi.

Life on the Mississippi is no ordinary guided tour, for every page is expressive of the structure, style and high humour that is the very essence of Twain the writer. Spiced with Twain's pungent observations and commentaries on the culture and society of the great river valley, the book is a wonderful collection of lively anecdotes, tall tales and character sketches; historical facts and information; and reminiscences of the author's boyhood and experiences as a steamboat pilot. Life on the Mississippi, in its composition and substance, is intricately related to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In his introduction, James M. Cox suggests that in writing this travelogue Twain discovered the truths that form the heart of the odyssey depicted in his masterpiece, Huckleberry Finn.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.