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" Mark Twain's Mississippi River : "
by Peter Schilling Jr.
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BL
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880885
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Schilling, Peter,1968-
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Mark Twain's Mississippi River : : an illustrated chronicle of the big river in Samuel Clemens's life and works /\ by Peter Schilling Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis, MN :: Voyageur Press,, 2014.
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176 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 23 x 30 cm
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0760345503
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: 9780760345504
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Mark Twain and the Mississippi River -- The early history of the river and the dawn of steamboating -- Mark Twain's early life and times, 1839-1856 -- Mark Twain's steamboating years, 1857-1861 -- Mark Twain's return to the river in 1882 and Life on the Mississippi -- The river in Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Twain's legacy and the river since his time.
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"An illustrated history of the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's life and works. Includes sketches from early editions of Twain's classics, and full-color paintings, postcards, photographs, and maps"--
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"Combine the wild waters of the Mississippi River and wordsmith Mark Twain, and what have you got? Some of the most famous and familiar literary works in American history, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Gilded Age, and Life on the Mississippi. Twain spent the first half of his life on and around the river, from his boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, to his years as a steamboat pilot, during which he traveled up and down the river as far south as New Orleans. Commemorating one of America's most beloved authors and the landscape he portrayed in his works, Mark Twain's Mississippi River includes illustrations from various editions of his books, both fiction and nonfiction; maps; historical photographs; landscape paintings of the river and its inhabitants; and modern photography of towns and countryside, showing how much the landscape has changed (or hasn't) since the days of Huckleberry Finn. Filled with excerpts, quotations, newspaper clippings, and commentaries, this book is full of historical information about the life of Samuel Clemens, his literary creations, and the river that figured so prominently in both. With over 200 beautiful photos and a knowledgeable narrative written by Twain scholar and author R. Kent Rasmussen, Mark Twain's Mississippi River is simply a joy to read for anyone who loves to discover the reality behind the writer"--
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Homes and haunts-- Mississippi River.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910.
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Authors, American-- 19th century, Biography.
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Authors, American.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
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Homes.
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Literature.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.
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Mississippi River, In literature.
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Mississippi River.
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| Dewey Classification
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818/.409B
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PS1334.S35 2014
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BIO007000BIO006000TRV026090bisacsh
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