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Title details for Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - Available

Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain
Michael Prichard
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A brilliant amalgam of remembrance and reportage, by turns satiric, celebratory, nostalgic, and melancholy, Life on the Mississippi evokes the great river that Mark Twain knew as a boy and young man and the one he revisited as a mature and successful author. Written between the publication of his two greatest novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain's rich portrait of the Mississippi marks a distinctive transition in the life of the river and the nation, from the boom years preceding the Civil War to the sober times that followed it.

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  • Release date

    December 27, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781452620473
      • File size: 433304 KB
      • Duration: 15:02:42

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1090
    • Text Difficulty: 7-9

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listeners who enjoyed Grover Gardner's narrations of HUCKLEBERRY FINN and TOM SAWYER will savor this journey down the mighty Mississippi with the author of those American classics. Twain's experiences as a young steamboat pilot, recounted herein, would inform the novels that cemented his reputation. Gardner's easy familiarity with Twain's style is evident once more: He captures all the author's wit and wordplay as well as his colorful descriptions of the era just before the Civil War. Gardner gives some rollicking performances as he brings to life the book's memorable characters, with their gruff voices and varied accents. The text can be as meandering as the river itself, but Gardner's first-rate narration keeps the listener on course. D.B. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1090
  • Text Difficulty:7-9

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