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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

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This audio recording is a public domain audiobook of Mark Twain's memoir 'Life on the Mississippi', which recounts his experiences as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River in the years before the American Civil War. Produced by volunteer readers for LibriVox, it combines personal anecdotes with observations about the river, its towns, and the people Twain encountered. The book is known for its humor, vivid descriptions, and insights into a bygone era of river navigation.

Episodes

01- The River and its History 00:15:10

02-The River and Its Explorers 00:12:32

03-Frescoes From the Past 00:31:54

04-The Boys' Ambition 00:10:04

05-I Want to be a Cub-pilot 00:09:21

06-A Cub-pilot's Experience 00:15:12

07-A Daring Deed 00:13:28

08-Perplexing Lessons 00:13:19

09-Continued Perplexities 00:13:52

10-Completing My Education 00:12:26

11-The River Rises 00:14:51

12-Sounding 00:13:11

13-A Pilot's Needs 00:17:54

14-Rank and Dignity of Piloting 00:14:19

15-The Pilots' Monopoly 00:24:39

16-Racing Days 00:11:59

17-Cut-offs and Stephen 00:16:31

18-I Take a Few Extra Lessons 00:11:56

19-Brown and I Exchange Compliments 00:08:00

20-A Catastophe 00:12:03

21-A Section in My Biography 00:01:43

22-I Return to My Muttons 00:17:46

23-Traveling Incognito 00:06:44

24-My Incognito is Exploded 00:11:55

25-From Cairo to Hickman 00:12:40

26-Under Fire 00:14:17

27-Some Imported Articles 00:11:45

28-Uncle Mumford Unloads 00:18:25

29-A Few Specimen Bricks 00:20:31

30-Sketches by the Way 00:17:42

31-A Thumb-print and What Came of It 00:32:17

32-The Disposal of a Bonanza 00:08:50

33-Refreshments and Ethics 00:10:29

34-Tough Yarns 00:04:16

35-Vicksburg During the Trouble 00:17:34

36-The Professor's Yarn 00:13:58

37-The End of the 'Gold Dust' 00:02:10

38-The House Beautiful 00:14:12

39-Manufactures and Miscreants 00:12:44

40-Castles and Culture 00:12:50

41-The Metropolis of the South 00:09:06

42-Hygiene and Sentiment 00:08:46

43-The Art of Inhumation 00:08:22

44-City Sights 00:15:02

45-Southern Sports 00:17:45

46-Enchantments and Enchanters 00:09:31

47-Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable 00:05:11

48-Sugar and Postage 00:14:17

49-Episodes in Pilot Life 00:12:11

50-The 'Original Jacobs' 00:11:45

51-Reminiscences 00:14:52

52-A Burning Brand 00:25:39

53-My Boyhood's Home 00:10:51

54-Past and Present 00:17:06

55-A Vendetta and Other Things 00:13:09

56-A Question of Law 00:11:11

57-An Archangel 00:13:35

58-On the Upper River 00:13:56

59-Legends and Scenery 00:15:34

60-Speculations and Conclusions 00:16:35

Appendix A 00:23:35

Appendix B 00:08:59

Appendix C 00:09:01

Appendix D 00:31:52

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

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