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Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

Reading time
about 10.5 h
Length
146,706 words · 350 pages in print
Structure
61 chapters · 2 front-matter sections
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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Contents

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

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Mark Twain

1835–1910 · Victorian

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