Life on the Mississippi (eBook)

Mark Twain (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
777 Seiten
Phoemixx Classics Ebooks (Verlag)
978-3-98594-998-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain - 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 of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E. Bixby.

Autor

Mark Twain, the writer, adventurer and wily social critic born Samuel Clemens, wrote the novels 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' Who Was Mark Twain? Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was the celebrated author of several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2021
• Verlagsort: Vachendorf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Biographien
• Schlagworte: life on the mississippi • Life on the Mississippi annotated • Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain • Life on the Mississippi english version • Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain • Life on the Mississippi modern english
• ISBN-10: 3-98594-998-0 / 3985949980
• ISBN-13: 978-3-98594-998-4 / 9783985949984