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Life on the Mississippi

Classics · 64 chapters · English

About the book

Mark Twain recalls riverboat life and revisits the changing Mississippi Valley.

LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.

Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.

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  1. 01- The River and its History · 15 minutes
  2. 02-The River and Its Explorers · 12 minutes
  3. 03-Frescoes From the Past · 31 minutes
  4. 04-The Boys' Ambition · 10 minutes
  5. 05-I Want to be a Cub-pilot · 9 minutes
  6. 06-A Cub-pilot's Experience · 15 minutes
  7. 07-A Daring Deed · 13 minutes
  8. 08-Perplexing Lessons · 13 minutes
  9. 09-Continued Perplexities · 13 minutes
  10. 10-Completing My Education · 12 minutes
  11. 11-The River Rises · 14 minutes
  12. 12-Sounding · 13 minutes
  13. 13-A Pilot's Needs · 17 minutes
  14. 14-Rank and Dignity of Piloting · 14 minutes
  15. 15-The Pilots' Monopoly · 24 minutes
  16. 16-Racing Days · 12 minutes
  17. 17-Cut-offs and Stephen · 16 minutes
  18. 18-I Take a Few Extra Lessons · 11 minutes
  19. 19-Brown and I Exchange Compliments · 8 minutes
  20. 20-A Catastophe · 12 minutes
  21. 21-A Section in My Biography · 1 minutes
  22. 22-I Return to My Muttons · 17 minutes
  23. 23-Traveling Incognito · 6 minutes
  24. 24-My Incognito is Exploded · 11 minutes
  25. 25-From Cairo to Hickman · 12 minutes
  26. 26-Under Fire · 14 minutes
  27. 27-Some Imported Articles · 11 minutes
  28. 28-Uncle Mumford Unloads · 18 minutes
  29. 29-A Few Specimen Bricks · 20 minutes
  30. 30-Sketches by the Way · 17 minutes
  31. 31-A Thumb-print and What Came of It · 32 minutes
  32. 32-The Disposal of a Bonanza · 8 minutes
  33. 33-Refreshments and Ethics · 10 minutes
  34. 34-Tough Yarns · 4 minutes
  35. 35-Vicksburg During the Trouble · 17 minutes
  36. 36-The Professor's Yarn · 13 minutes
  37. 37-The End of the 'Gold Dust' · 2 minutes
  38. 38-The House Beautiful · 14 minutes
  39. 39-Manufactures and Miscreants · 12 minutes
  40. 40-Castles and Culture · 12 minutes
  41. 41-The Metropolis of the South · 9 minutes
  42. 42-Hygiene and Sentiment · 8 minutes
  43. 43-The Art of Inhumation · 8 minutes
  44. 44-City Sights · 15 minutes
  45. 45-Southern Sports · 17 minutes
  46. 46-Enchantments and Enchanters · 9 minutes
  47. 47-Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable · 5 minutes
  48. 48-Sugar and Postage · 14 minutes
  49. 49-Episodes in Pilot Life · 12 minutes
  50. 50-The 'Original Jacobs' · 11 minutes
  51. 51-Reminiscences · 14 minutes
  52. 52-A Burning Brand · 25 minutes
  53. 53-My Boyhood's Home · 10 minutes
  54. 54-Past and Present · 17 minutes
  55. 55-A Vendetta and Other Things · 13 minutes
  56. 56-A Question of Law · 11 minutes
  57. 57-An Archangel · 13 minutes
  58. 58-On the Upper River · 13 minutes
  59. 59-Legends and Scenery · 15 minutes
  60. 60-Speculations and Conclusions · 16 minutes
  61. Appendix A · 23 minutes
  62. Appendix B · 8 minutes
  63. Appendix C · 9 minutes
  64. Appendix D · 31 minutes

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