Life on the Mississippi

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book memoir travel narrative

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film)	1
Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ memoir ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ
author	Mark Twain ⓘ Mark Twain ⓘ surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
basedOn	Mark Twain’s real-life experiences as a steamboat pilot ⓘ
contains	anecdotes about steamboat life ⓘ commentary on post–Civil War changes in the Mississippi Valley ⓘ descriptions of river towns ⓘ historical sketches of the Mississippi River ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	economic importance of river trade in the 19th century ⓘ hazards of navigating the Mississippi River ⓘ training and responsibilities of a river pilot ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	print ⓘ
followedBy	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
genre	memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Life on the Mississippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film)
hasDeweyDecimalClassification	818.409 ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy	various illustrators in first edition ⓘ
hasLibraryOfCongressClassification	PS1338 .A2 ⓘ
hasOCLCNumber	228708 ⓘ
hasPart	account of Twain’s later return trip down the Mississippi River ⓘ reminiscences of Twain’s apprenticeship as a steamboat pilot ⓘ
includedIn	Mark Twain’s collected works ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle	humor ⓘ regional realism ⓘ
mainSubject	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South Mississippi River ⓘ steamboat piloting ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	blend of autobiography, history, and travel writing ⓘ detailed depiction of 19th-century Mississippi River steamboat culture ⓘ
precededBy	The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ
publicationYear	1883 ⓘ
publisher	James R. Osgood & Co. ⓘ surface form: James R. Osgood and Company
settingLocation	Mississippi River ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis
timePeriodDescribed	post–Civil War era ⓘ pre–Civil War era ⓘ
workOf	Mark Twain ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hannibal → associatedWithWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal, Missouri

Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum → associatedWithWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ

Mississippi River culture → documentedIn → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ

Life on the Mississippi → hasAdaptation → Life on the Mississippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film)

Mark Twain → notableWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ

Samuel → notableWork → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) → partOfFictionalUniverse → Life on the Mississippi ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri

this entity surface form: Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world