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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War.
- Chapters
- 01- The River and its History
- 02-The River and Its Explorers
- 03-Frescoes From the Past
- 04-The Boys' Ambition
- 05-I Want to be a Cub-pilot
- 06-A Cub-pilot's Experience
- 07-A Daring Deed
- 08-Perplexing Lessons
- 09-Continued Perplexities
- 10-Completing My Education
- 11-The River Rises
- 12-Sounding
- 13-A Pilot's Needs
- 14-Rank and Dignity of Piloting
- 15-The Pilots' Monopoly
- 16-Racing Days
- 17-Cut-offs and Stephen
- 18-I Take a Few Extra Lessons
- 19-Brown and I Exchange Compliments
- 20-A Catastophe
- 21-A Section in My Biography
- 22-I Return to My Muttons
- 23-Traveling Incognito
- 24-My Incognito is Exploded
- 25-From Cairo to Hickman
- 26-Under Fire
- 27-Some Imported Articles
- 28-Uncle Mumford Unloads
- 29-A Few Specimen Bricks
- 30-Sketches by the Way
- 31-A Thumb-print and What Came of It
- 32-The Disposal of a Bonanza
- 33-Refreshments and Ethics
- 34-Tough Yarns
- 35-Vicksburg During the Trouble
- 36-The Professor's Yarn
- 37-The End of the 'Gold Dust'
- 38-The House Beautiful
- 39-Manufactures and Miscreants
- 40-Castles and Culture
- 41-The Metropolis of the South
- 42-Hygiene and Sentiment
- 43-The Art of Inhumation
- 44-City Sights
- 45-Southern Sports
- 46-Enchantments and Enchanters
- 47-Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
- 48-Sugar and Postage
- 49-Episodes in Pilot Life
- 50-The 'Original Jacobs'
- 51-Reminiscences
- 52-A Burning Brand
- 53-My Boyhood's Home
- 54-Past and Present
- 55-A Vendetta and Other Things
- 56-A Question of Law
- 57-An Archangel
- 58-On the Upper River
- 59-Legends and Scenery
- 60-Speculations and Conclusions
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D