| Life on the Mississippi Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author), McKibben, Bill (Introduction by), Danly, James (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 0375759379 ISBN-13: 9780375759376 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain's life before he began to write. Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among the greatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his time but also America's most profound chronicler of the human comedy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002019041 |
| Lexile Measure: 1090 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.85 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Mississippi River Basin - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10039 Reading Level: 9.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 24.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain's life before he began to write. Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among the greatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his time but also America's most profound chronicler of the human comedy. |