Life on the Mississippi (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Twain
- First Published: 1883
- Type of Work: Fictionalized autobiography
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, Mr. Bixby, Henry, Mr. Brown, Thompson, Rogers, “Uncle” Mumford, Robert Styles, Karl Ritter
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans
The Story:
As a boy growing up in a Mississippi River town, the narrator shared the common ambition of becoming a steamboatman. He especially wanted to be a pilot. Later, while living in Cincinnati, he decided to make his fortune in the Amazon and bought passage on the steamboat Paul Jones to New Orleans, from where he intended to sail to the Amazon. After arriving there, however, he discovered he would not be able to continue his journey, so he looked for a new career. He laid siege to Mr. Bixby, pilot of the Paul Jones, and persuaded him to accept him as a cub...
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