![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hoaxes and exaggerations palmed off by pilots and other natives along the way upon supposed ignorant strangers stories of gamblers and obsolete robbers glimpses of character and manners descriptions of scenery and places statistics of trade Indian legends extracts from the comments of foreign travelers, - all these occur, interspersed with two or three stories of either humorous or tragic import, or of both together" (The Atlantic Monthly, September 1883). "The material offered by observations on the journey is various beyond enumeration, and much of it is extremely amusing. A cut-off plays havoc with boundary lines and jurisdictions: for instance, a man is living in the State of Mississippi to-day, a cut-off occurs to-night, and to. Written concurrently with Huckleberry Finn and sharing several themes and even a few passages with that masterpiece. The author's first-hand look at navigating the Mississippi by riverboat and the changes to that area many years after the Civil War. Front inner hinge expertly repaired, slight wear at the spine ends and lower edge of the boards, otherwise an attractive copy. But then you realize that Twain crafted a new literary form: while telling the story of his youthful and mature travels along the river he is actually making you feel like you’re on a. A Near Fine copy with bright cloth and gilt. Life on the Mississippi may at first seem strange: bits of history, geology and folklore all mixed up and told with Twain’s characteristically sardonic wit. In the original publisher's brown cloth with gilt vignettes on the front board and spine. First State, with the image of Twain in flames on p. ![]()
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