Life on the Mississippi

A stirring account of America's vanished past...The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer...Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi.At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes. “Life on the Mississippi” is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel: “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.