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Life on the Mississippi, Part 12
This work combines Twain's recollections of his youth as a steamboat pilot's apprentice on the Mississippi River before the Civil War with his later travel observations.
"Life on the Mississippi, Part 12." by Mark Twain is a memoir. This work combines Twain's recollections of his youth as a steamboat pilot's apprentice on the Mississippi River before the Civil War with his later travel observations.
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THE slaughter-house is gone from the mouth of Bear Creek and so is the small jail (or 'calaboose') which once stood in its neighborhood. A citizen asked, 'Do you remember when Jimmy Finn, the town drunkard, was burned to death in the calaboose?'
Contents
- 01Chapter 56
- 02A Question of Law
- 03Chapter 57
- 04An Archangel
- 05Chapter 58
- 06On the Upper River
- 07Chapter 59
- 08Legends and Scenery
- 09Chapter 60
- 10Speculations and Conclusions
- 11Appendix
About this edition
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 96 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers