| Life on the Mississippi Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1582182647 ISBN-13: 9781582182643 Publisher: Digital Scanning OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1090 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.43" W x 9.33" (2.01 lbs) 552 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Missouri |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10039 Reading Level: 9.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 24.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Mississippi River and Mark Twain are practically synonymous in American culture. Known as "America's river," the popularity of Twain's steamboat and steamboat pilots the on the ever-changing Mississippi has endured prominently over the years. Samuel Clemens became a licensed river pilot at the age of 24 under the apprenticeship of Horace Bixby, pilot of the Paul Jones. His name, Mark Twain, was derived from the river pilot term describing safe navigating conditions or "mark two fathoms" thus shortened to mark twain by the leadsmen whose job it was to monitor the water's depth and report it to the pilot. Although Mark Twain used his childhood experiences growing up along the Mississippi in numerous works, nowhere is the river and pilot's life more thoroughly described than in Life on the Mississippi. This edition contains 54 illustrations form the 1883 Montral Dawson Edition. |