Life on the Mississippi (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Told in the unmistakable voice of America’s immortal storyteller, this chronicle of a vanishing past is a tale of two journeys. The first is that of Samuel Clemens, young antebellum-era steamboat pilot who navigates wide-eyed passengers on the Mississippi. And the second tells of a reflective Mark Twain. He’d return, years later, to observe the inevitable and dismaying post-Civil War developments along the currents of the ever-changing Great River.

Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, and sketched with humor and some likely tall tales, Life on the Mississippi offers insight into the making of Mark Twain, and a life that inspired his greatest novels.

Revised edition: Previously published as Life on the Mississippi, this edition of Life on the Mississippi (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

As good as it gets

Real classic told with great flair and attention to how the author wrote. I think all ages will always love this tale and this audio version is fantastic.

His best work

very enjoyable fascinating to follow his life and the changes and development of the country in the 1850s though the 1880s

Quite a Travel Log 🛶

Very enjoyable. Learning about navigating the Mississippi, in a steamboat, was great fun. I look forward to reading Mark Twain’s literature through out the year. 📖 📚 📕

Fine, but one big flaw

The narrator mispronounced Cairo, Illinois through the whole thing. It’s Karo, like the syrup, not Cairo, like Egypt.