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Life on the Mississippi

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. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Nature, Memoirs

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature (1955), nature (889), biography (334), twain (41), river (29), mississippi (15)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01- The River and its History	John Greenman	00:15:10
Play 02	02-The River and Its Explorers	John Greenman	00:12:32
Play 03	03-Frescoes From the Past	John Greenman	00:31:54
Play 04	04-The Boys' Ambition	John Greenman	00:10:04
Play 05	05-I Want to be a Cub-pilot	John Greenman	00:09:21
Play 06	06-A Cub-pilot's Experience	John Greenman	00:15:12
Play 07	07-A Daring Deed	John Greenman	00:13:28
Play 08	08-Perplexing Lessons	John Greenman	00:13:19
Play 09	09-Continued Perplexities	John Greenman	00:13:52
Play 10	10-Completing My Education	John Greenman	00:12:26
Play 11	11-The River Rises	John Greenman	00:14:51
Play 12	12-Sounding	John Greenman	00:13:11
Play 13	13-A Pilot's Needs	John Greenman	00:17:54
Play 14	14-Rank and Dignity of Piloting	John Greenman	00:14:19
Play 15	15-The Pilots' Monopoly	John Greenman	00:24:39
Play 16	16-Racing Days	John Greenman	00:11:59
Play 17	17-Cut-offs and Stephen	John Greenman	00:16:31
Play 18	18-I Take a Few Extra Lessons	John Greenman	00:11:56
Play 19	19-Brown and I Exchange Compliments	John Greenman	00:08:00
Play 20	20-A Catastophe	John Greenman	00:12:03
Play 21	21-A Section in My Biography	John Greenman	00:01:43
Play 22	22-I Return to My Muttons	John Greenman	00:17:46
Play 23	23-Traveling Incognito	John Greenman	00:06:44
Play 24	24-My Incognito is Exploded	John Greenman	00:11:55
Play 25	25-From Cairo to Hickman	John Greenman	00:12:40
Play 26	26-Under Fire	John Greenman	00:14:17
Play 27	27-Some Imported Articles	John Greenman	00:11:45
Play 28	28-Uncle Mumford Unloads	John Greenman	00:18:25
Play 29	29-A Few Specimen Bricks	John Greenman	00:20:31
Play 30	30-Sketches by the Way	John Greenman	00:17:42
Play 31	31-A Thumb-print and What Came of It	John Greenman	00:32:17
Play 32	32-The Disposal of a Bonanza	John Greenman	00:08:50
Play 33	33-Refreshments and Ethics	John Greenman	00:10:29
Play 34	34-Tough Yarns	John Greenman	00:04:16
Play 35	35-Vicksburg During the Trouble	John Greenman	00:17:34
Play 36	36-The Professor's Yarn	John Greenman	00:13:58
Play 37	37-The End of the 'Gold Dust'	John Greenman	00:02:10
Play 38	38-The House Beautiful	John Greenman	00:14:12
Play 39	39-Manufactures and Miscreants	John Greenman	00:12:44
Play 40	40-Castles and Culture	John Greenman	00:12:50
Play 41	41-The Metropolis of the South	John Greenman	00:09:06
Play 42	42-Hygiene and Sentiment	John Greenman	00:08:46
Play 43	43-The Art of Inhumation	John Greenman	00:08:22
Play 44	44-City Sights	John Greenman	00:15:02
Play 45	45-Southern Sports	John Greenman	00:17:45
Play 46	46-Enchantments and Enchanters	John Greenman	00:09:31
Play 47	47-Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable	John Greenman	00:05:11
Play 48	48-Sugar and Postage	John Greenman	00:14:17
Play 49	49-Episodes in Pilot Life	John Greenman	00:12:11
Play 50	50-The 'Original Jacobs'	John Greenman	00:11:45
Play 51	51-Reminiscences	John Greenman	00:14:52
Play 52	52-A Burning Brand	John Greenman	00:25:39
Play 53	53-My Boyhood's Home	John Greenman	00:10:51
Play 54	54-Past and Present	John Greenman	00:17:06
Play 55	55-A Vendetta and Other Things	John Greenman	00:13:09
Play 56	56-A Question of Law	John Greenman	00:11:11
Play 57	57-An Archangel	John Greenman	00:13:35
Play 58	58-On the Upper River	John Greenman	00:13:56
Play 59	59-Legends and Scenery	John Greenman	00:15:34
Play 60	60-Speculations and Conclusions	John Greenman	00:16:35
Play 61	Appendix A	John Greenman	00:23:35
Play 62	Appendix B	John Greenman	00:08:59
Play 63	Appendix C	John Greenman	00:09:01
Play 64	Appendix D	John Greenman	00:31:52

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