{"product_id":"life-on-the-mississippi-mark-twain-9781646793228","title":"Life on the Mississippi: Originally Illustrated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"But the basin of the Mississippi is the Body of the Nation... Latitude, elevation, and rainfall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwelling-place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe.\" -Editor's Table, Harper's Magazine (1863)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eLife on the Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e (1883) is a brilliant memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a history of a mighty river, recounting Twain's trip twenty years later along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis replica of the original 1883 edition of \u003cem\u003eLife on the Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e with illustrations by John Harley, offers a colorful portrait of 19th century America and is a prelude to Twain's great boyhood novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/em\u003e (1876) and \u003cem\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e (1884).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646793226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646793228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.44d","brand":"Mark Twain","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043760140543,"sku":"9781646793228","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06a36b00-9a02-4814-b064-64af900970b3.jpg?v=1684968984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-on-the-mississippi-mark-twain-9781646793228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}