Life on the Mississippi

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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
author Mark Twain ⓘ
Samuel Langhorne Clemens ⓘ
linked to: Mark Twain
basedOn Mark Twain’s real-life experiences as a steamboat pilot ⓘ
contains anecdotes about steamboat life ⓘ
commentary on post–Civil War changes in the Mississippi Valley ⓘ
descriptions of river towns ⓘ
historical sketches of the Mississippi River ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes economic importance of river trade in the 19th century ⓘ
hazards of navigating the Mississippi River ⓘ
training and responsibilities of a river pilot ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
followedBy Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film) ⓘ
hasDeweyDecimalClassification 818.409 ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy various illustrators in first edition ⓘ
hasLibraryOfCongressClassification PS1338 .A2 ⓘ
hasOCLCNumber 228708 ⓘ
hasPart account of Twain’s later return trip down the Mississippi River ⓘ
reminiscences of Twain’s apprenticeship as a steamboat pilot ⓘ
includedIn Mark Twain’s collected works ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle humor ⓘ
regional realism ⓘ
mainSubject American South ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
steamboat piloting ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor blend of autobiography, history, and travel writing ⓘ
detailed depiction of 19th-century Mississippi River steamboat culture ⓘ
precededBy The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ
publicationYear 1883 ⓘ
publisher James R. Osgood and Company ⓘ
settingLocation Mississippi River ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
St. Louis ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed post–Civil War era ⓘ
pre–Civil War era ⓘ
workOf Mark Twain ⓘ

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens → notableWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
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Life on the Mississippi → hasAdaptation → Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film) ⓘ
linked to: Life on the Mississippi
St. Petersburg, Missouri → partOfFictionalUniverse → Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world ⓘ
linked to: Life on the Mississippi
Hannibal, Missouri → associatedWithWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
subject linked to: Hannibal
Mississippi River culture → documentedIn → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
Mark Twain Study → significantWorkCreatedHere → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
Mark Twain Tonight! → includesWorkBy → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
Mark Twain bibliography → includesWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world → primarySettingOf → Life on the Mississippi (narrative portions) ⓘ
linked to: Life on the Mississippi