Download or read book Life on the Mississippi, written by Mark Twain and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War.