Life on the Mississippi (1883), by Mark Twain (memoir by Mark Twain ): Mississippi River -- Description and travel, Mississippi River Valley -- Social AUTH-13396087 and Professor of Humanities at

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Life on the Mississippi (1883), by Mark Twain (memoir by Mark Twain ): Mississippi River -- Description and travel, Mississippi River Valley -- Social AUTH-13396087 and Professor of Humanities atLife 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. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes