Life on the Mississippi (Lit Treasury Classics)

by Mark Twain

Overview

Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781511888684
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/25/2015
Series:	Lit Treasury Classics
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel".

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut