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Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. 64 sections, 14 hr 47 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length
14 hr 47 min
Sections
64
Language
English
Read by
John Greenman
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
life_mississippi_jg_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 01 The River and its History 15:10
  2. 02 The River and its Explorers 12:32
  3. 03 Frescoes From the Past 31:54
  4. 04 The Boys' Ambition 10:04
  5. 05 I Want to be a Cub-pilot 9:21
  6. 06 A Cub-pilot's Experience 15:12
  7. 07 A Daring Deed 13:28
  8. 08 Perplexing Lessons 13:19
  9. 09 Continued Perplexities 13:52
  10. 10 Completing my Education 12:26
  11. 11 The River Rises 14:51
  12. 12 Sounding 13:11
  13. 13 A Pilot's Needs 17:54
  14. 14 Rank and Dignity of Pilotin 14:19
  15. 15 The Pilots' Monopoly 24:39
  16. 16 Racing Days 11:59
  17. 17 Cut-offs and Stephen 16:31
  18. 18 I Take a Few Extra Lessons 11:57
  19. 19 Brown and I Exchange Compliments 8:00
  20. 20 A Catastrophe 12:03
  21. 21 A Section in My Biography 1:43
  22. 22 I Return to My Muttons 17:46
  23. 23 Travelling Incognito 6:44
  24. 24 My Incognito is Exploded 11:55
  25. 25 From Cairo to Hickman 12:40
  26. 26 Under Fire 14:17
  27. 27 Some Imported Articles 11:45
  28. 28 Uncle Mumford Unloads 18:25
  29. 29 A Few Specimen Bricks 20:31
  30. 30 Sketches by the Way 17:42
  31. 31 A Thumb-print and What Came of It 32:17
  32. 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza 8:50
  33. 33 Refreshments and Ethics 10:29
  34. 34 Tough Yarns 4:16
  35. 35 Vicksburg During the Trouble 17:34
  36. 36 The Professor's Yarn 13:58
  37. 37 The End of the 'Gold Dust' 2:10
  38. 38 The House Beautiful 14:12
  39. 39 Manufactures and Miscreants 12:44
  40. 40 Castles and Culture 12:50
  41. 41 The Metropolis of the South 9:06
  42. 42 Hygiene and Sentiment 8:46
  43. 43 The Art of Inhumation 8:22
  44. 44 City Sights 15:02
  45. 45 Southern Sports 17:45
  46. 46 Enchantments and Enchanters 9:31
  47. 47 Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable 5:11
  48. 48 Sugar and Postage 14:17
  49. 49 Episodes in Pilot Life 12:11
  50. 50 The 'Original Jacobs' 11:45
  51. 51 Reminiscences 14:52
  52. 52 A Burning Brand 25:39
  53. 53 My Boyhood's Home 10:51
  54. 54 Past and Present 17:06
  55. 55 A Vendetta and Other Things 13:09
  56. 56 A Question of Law 11:11
  57. 57 An Archangel 13:35
  58. 58 On the Upper River 13:56
  59. 59 Legends and Scenery 15:35
  60. 60 Speculations and Conclusion 16:35
  61. 61 Appendix A 23:35
  62. 62 Appendix B 8:59
  63. 63 Appendix C 9:01
  64. 64 Appendix D 31:52