Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain - Libros - Perfection Learning - 9781531190095 - 3 de marzo de 2009
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Life on the Mississippi

At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River, was host to riverboat travelers from around the world, providing a vigorous and variable atmosphere for the young Samuel Clemens to absorb. Clemens became a riverboat pilot and even chose his pen name--Mark Twain--from a term boatmen would call out signifying water depth at two fathoms, meaning safe clearance for travel. It was from this background that Life on the Mississippi emerged. It is an epochal record of America's growth, a stirring remembrance of her vanished past. And it earned for its author his first recognition as a serious writer.

With an Introduction by Justin Kaplan
and an Afterword by John Seelye

Medios de comunicación Libros     Hardcover Book   (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado 3 de marzo de 2009
ISBN13 9781531190095
Editores Perfection Learning
Páginas 373
Dimensiones 109 × 170 × 36 mm   ·   249 g
Lengua Inglés  

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