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Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. A good portion of the work also deals with his post-war visit to the “old haunts”. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)
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Total running time: 14:47:27
Read by John Greenman
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- 01 The River and its History – 00:15:10
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[ogg vorbis - 9.7MB] - 02 The River and its Explorers – 00:12:32
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[ogg vorbis - 8.0MB] - 03 Frescoes From the Past – 00:31:54
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[ogg vorbis - 19.9MB] - 04 The Boys’ Ambition – 00:10:04
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[ogg vorbis - 6.4MB] - 05 I Want to be a Cub-pilot – 00:09:21
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[ogg vorbis - 5.9MB] - 06 A Cub-pilot’s Experience – 00:15:12
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[ogg vorbis - 9.6MB] - 07 A Daring Deed – 00:13:28
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[ogg vorbis - 8.4MB] - 08 Perplexing Lessons – 00:13:19
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[ogg vorbis - 8.4MB] - 09 Continued Perplexities – 00:13:52
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[ogg vorbis - 8.7MB] - 10 Completing my Education – 00:12:26
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 11 The River Rises – 00:14:51
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[ogg vorbis - 9.3MB] - 12 Sounding – 00:13:11
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[ogg vorbis - 8.3MB] - 13 A Pilot’s Needs – 00:17:54
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[ogg vorbis - 11.2MB] - 14 Rank and Dignity of Piloting – 00:14:19
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[ogg vorbis - 9.0MB] - 15 The Pilots’ Monopoly – 00:24:39
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[ogg vorbis - 15.4MB] - 16 Racing Days – 00:11:59
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[ogg vorbis - 7.6MB] - 17 Cut-offs and Stephen – 00:16:31
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[ogg vorbis - 10.4MB] - 18 I Take a Few Extra Lessons – 00:11:56
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[ogg vorbis - 7.5MB] - 19 Brown and I Exchange Compliments – 00:08:00
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[ogg vorbis - 5.0MB] - 20 A Catastrophe – 00:12:03
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[ogg vorbis - 7.4MB] - 21 A Section in My Biography – 00:01:43
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[ogg vorbis - 1.1MB] - 22 I Return to My Muttons – 00:17:46
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[ogg vorbis - 11.3MB] - 23 Travelling Incognito – 00:06:44
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[ogg vorbis - 4.2MB] - 24 My Incognito is Exploded – 00:11:55
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[ogg vorbis - 7.4MB] - 25 From Cairo to Hickman – 00:12:40
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 26 Under Fire – 00:14:17
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[ogg vorbis - 9.2MB] - 27 Some Imported Articles – 00:11:45
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[ogg vorbis - 7.4MB] - 28 Uncle Mumford Unloads – 00:18:25
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[ogg vorbis - 11.7MB] - 29 A Few Specimen Bricks – 00:20:31
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[ogg vorbis - 12.8MB] - 30 Sketches by the Way – 00:17:42
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[ogg vorbis - 11.0MB] - 31 A Thumb-print and What Came of It – 00:32:17
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[ogg vorbis - 19.9MB] - 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza – 00:08:50
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[ogg vorbis - 5.6MB] - 33 Refreshments and Ethics – 00:10:29
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[ogg vorbis - 6.6MB] - 34 Tough Yarns – 00:04:16
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[ogg vorbis - 2.7MB] - 35 Vicksburg During the Trouble – 00:17:34
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[ogg vorbis - 10.8MB] - 36 The Professor’s Yarn – 00:13:58
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[ogg vorbis - 8.6MB] - 37 The End of the ‘Gold Dust’ – 00:02:10
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[ogg vorbis - 1.4MB] - 38 The House Beautiful – 00:14:12
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[ogg vorbis - 8.9MB] - 39 Manufactures and Miscreants – 00:12:44
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[ogg vorbis - 8.0MB] - 40 Castles and Culture – 00:12:50
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 41 The Metropolis of the South – 00:09:06
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 42 Hygiene and Sentiment – 00:08:46
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[ogg vorbis - 5.6MB] - 43 The Art of Inhumation – 00:08:22
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[ogg vorbis - 5.3MB] - 44 City Sights – 00:15:02
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[ogg vorbis - 9.4MB] - 45 Southern Sports – 00:17:45
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[ogg vorbis - 11.2MB] - 46 Enchantments and Enchanters – 00:09:31
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[ogg vorbis - 6.1MB] - 47 Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable – 00:05:11
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[ogg vorbis - 3.4MB] - 48 Sugar and Postage – 00:14:17
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[ogg vorbis - 8.9MB] - 49 Episodes in Pilot Life – 00:12:11
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[ogg vorbis - 7.8MB] - 50 The ‘Original Jacobs’ – 00:11:45
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[ogg vorbis - 7.5MB] - 51 Reminiscences – 00:14:52
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[ogg vorbis - 9.2MB] - 52 A Burning Brand – 00:25:39
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[ogg vorbis - 16.0MB] - 53 My Boyhood’s Home – 00:10:51
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[ogg vorbis - 6.8MB] - 54 Past and Present – 00:17:06
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[ogg vorbis - 10.7MB] - 55 A Vendetta and Other Things – 00:13:09
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[ogg vorbis - 8.3MB] - 56 A Question of Law – 00:11:11
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[ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] - 57 An Archangel – 00:13:35
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[ogg vorbis - 8.5MB] - 58 On the Upper River – 00:13:56
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[ogg vorbis - 8.6MB] - 59 Legends and Scenery – 00:15:34
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[ogg vorbis - 9.9MB] - 60 Speculations and Conclusion – 00:16:35
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[ogg vorbis - 10.4MB] - 61 Appendix A – 00:23:35
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[ogg vorbis - 14.7MB] - 62 Appendix B – 00:08:59
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 63 Appendix C – 00:09:01
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 64 Appendix D – 00:31:52
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Cataloged on May 10, 2007
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