450 pages
English language
Published Nov. 10, 1984 by Penguin Books.
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At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains 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.
Subjects
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs