Life on the Mississippi: Chapters 1–9

In this memoir, Mark Twain recounts his time working as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River.

Here are links to our lists for the memoir: Chapters 1–9, Chapters 10–21, Chapters 22–34, Chapters 35–50, Chapter 51–Appendix

Here are links to our lists for other works by Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Story Without an End, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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Life on the Mississippi: Chapters 1–9