Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 . Life on the Mississippi
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  • Header
  • Front Matter
  • Chapter 1 Chapter 1 The River and Its History
  • Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The River and Its Explorers
  • Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Frescoes from the Past
  • Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Boys' Ambition
  • Chapter 5 Chapter 5 I Want to be a Cub-pilot
  • Chapter 6 Chapter 6 A Cub-pilot's Experience
  • Chapter 7 Chapter 7 A Daring Deed
  • Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Perplexing Lessons
  • Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Continued Perplexities
  • Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Completing My Education
  • Chapter 11 Chapter 11 The River Rises
  • Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Sounding
  • Chapter 13 Chapter 13 A Pilot's Needs
  • Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Rank and Dignity of Piloting
  • Chapter 15 Chapter 15 The Pilots' Monopoly
  • Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Racing Days
  • Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Cut-offs and Stephen
  • Chapter 18 Chapter 18 I Take a Few Extra Lessons
  • Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Brown and I Exchange Compliments
  • Chapter 20 Chapter 20 A Catastrophe
  • Chapter 21 Chapter 21 A Section in My Biography
  • Chapter 22 Chapter 22 I Return to My Muttons
  • Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Traveling Incognito
  • Chapter 24 Chapter 24 My Incognito is Exploded
  • Chapter 25 Chapter 25 From Cairo to Hickman
  • Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Under Fire
  • Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Some Imported Articles
  • Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Uncle Mumford Unloads
  • Dialogue UNCLE MUMFORD'S IMPRESSIONS
  • Section
  • Chapter 29 Chapter 29 A Few Specimen Bricks
  • Excerpt
  • Section
  • Chapter 30 Chapter 3O Sketches by the Way
  • Chapter 31 Chapter 31 A Thumb-print and What Came of It
  • Chapter 32 Chapter 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza
  • Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Refreshments and Ethics
  • Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Tough Yarns
  • Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Vicksburg During the Trouble
  • Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The Professor's Yarn
  • Chapter 37 Chapter 37 The End of the 'Gold Dust'
  • Chapter 38 Chapter 38 The House Beautiful
  • Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Manufactures and Miscreants
  • Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Castles and Culture
  • Chapter 41 Chapter 41 The Metropolis of the South
  • Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Hygiene and Sentiment
  • Chapter 43 Chapter 43 The Art of Inhumation
  • Chapter 44 Chapter 44 City Sights
  • Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Southern Sports
  • Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Enchantments and Enchanters
  • Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
  • Chapter 48 Chapter 48 Sugar and Postage
  • Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Episodes in Pilot Life
  • Chapter 50 Chapter 50 The 'Original Jacobs'
  • Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Reminiscences
  • Chapter 52 Chapter 52 A Burning Brand
  • Chapter 53 Chapter 53 My Boyhood's Home
  • Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Past and Present
  • Chapter 55 Chapter 55 A Vendetta and Other Things
  • Chapter 56 Chapter 56 A Question of Law
  • Chapter 57 Chapter 57 An Archangel
  • Chapter 58 Chapter 58 On the Upper River
  • Chapter 59 Chapter 59 Legends and Scenery
  • Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Speculations and Conclusions
  • Back Matter