![]() Considering the Missouri its main branch, it is the longest river in the world-four thousand three hundred miles. ![]() It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable. The Mississippi is well worth reading about. Enjoy contrasting some excerpts of Twain’s observations with the preceding story about kayaking the river today.įrom Chapter 1, The River and Its History Twain had planned the book that became Life on the Mississippi for nearly two decades before it was published in 1883. ![]() ![]() He once said he knew stretches of the mighty river as well as he knew the hallway of his own house in the dark. Clemens) became intimate with the Mississippi River while working on steamboats for about five years, first as a “cub” or apprentice, and later as a pilot until the Civil War broke out. ![]()
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