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March 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Steamboat Pilot, the Grandest Position of Them All

Today's installment concludes Mark Twain's Mississippi River,our selection from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain published in 1883.If you

March 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Boy’s Ambition

I now come to a phase of the Mississippi River life of the flush times of steamboating, which seems to me to warrant full examination.Continuing

March 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Mississippi Baby

Off he went and went to rafting; and this was the third year that the bar'l had chased him.Continuing Mark Twain's Mississippi River,our selection

March 10, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Mississippi Barrel

It might be, and it might be anything else, too; a body can't tell nothing about it, such a distance as that.Continuing Mark Twain's Mississippi

March 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Rivermen Sing and Talk

And they talked about how Ohio water didn't like to mix with Mississippi water.Continuing Mark Twain's Mississippi River,our selection from Life

March 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

Come Back Here, You Couple of Chicken-Livered Cowards!

When he got through, he jumped up and cracked his heels together three times, and let off a roaring 'Whoo-oop! I'm the bloodiest son of a wildcat that

March 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

Mark Twain’s Mississippi River

This series has seven easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Illustrating Keelboat Talk and Manners.IntroductionA glance at the map

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