Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain · Free audiobook · 64 chapters
LibriVox recording of Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. (Summary from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, please visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (197MB)
Chapters
- 1. 01 The River and its History15:10
- 2. 02 The River and its Explorers12:32
- 3. 03 Frescoes From the Past31:54
- 4. 04 The Boys' Ambition10:04
- 5. 05 I Want to be a Cub-pilot9:21
- 6. 06 A Cub-pilot's Experience15:12
- 7. 07 A Daring Deed13:28
- 8. 08 Perplexing Lessons13:19
- 9. 09 Continued Perplexities13:52
- 10. 10 Completing my Education12:26
- 11. 11 The River Rises14:51
- 12. 12 Sounding13:11
- 13. 13 A Pilot's Needs17:54
- 14. 14 Rank and Dignity of Pilotin14:19
- 15. 15 The Pilots' Monopoly24:39
- 16. 16 Racing Days11:59
- 17. 17 Cut-offs and Stephen16:31
- 18. 18 I Take a Few Extra Lessons11:57
- 19. 19 Brown and I Exchange Compliments8:00
- 20. 20 A Catastrophe12:03
- 21. 21 A Section in My Biography1:43
- 22. 22 I Return to My Muttons17:46
- 23. 23 Travelling Incognito6:44
- 24. 24 My Incognito is Exploded11:55
- 25. 25 From Cairo to Hickman12:40
- 26. 26 Under Fire14:17
- 27. 27 Some Imported Articles11:45
- 28. 28 Uncle Mumford Unloads18:25
- 29. 29 A Few Specimen Bricks20:31
- 30. 30 Sketches by the Way17:42
- 31. 31 A Thumb-print and What Came of It32:17
- 32. 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza8:50
- 33. 33 Refreshments and Ethics10:29
- 34. 34 Tough Yarns4:16
- 35. 35 Vicksburg During the Trouble17:34
- 36. 36 The Professor's Yarn13:58
- 37. 37 The End of the 'Gold Dust'2:10
- 38. 38 The House Beautiful14:12
- 39. 39 Manufactures and Miscreants12:44
- 40. 40 Castles and Culture12:50
- 41. 41 The Metropolis of the South9:06
- 42. 42 Hygiene and Sentiment8:46
- 43. 43 The Art of Inhumation8:22
- 44. 44 City Sights15:02
- 45. 45 Southern Sports17:45
- 46. 46 Enchantments and Enchanters9:31
- 47. 47 Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable5:11
- 48. 48 Sugar and Postage14:17
- 49. 49 Episodes in Pilot Life12:11
- 50. 50 The 'Original Jacobs'11:45
- 51. 51 Reminiscences14:52
- 52. 52 A Burning Brand25:39
- 53. 53 My Boyhood's Home10:51
- 54. 54 Past and Present17:06
- 55. 55 A Vendetta and Other Things13:09
- 56. 56 A Question of Law11:11
- 57. 57 An Archangel13:35
- 58. 58 On the Upper River13:56
- 59. 59 Legends and Scenery15:35
- 60. 60 Speculations and Conclusion16:35
- 61. 61 Appendix A23:35
- 62. 62 Appendix B8:59
- 63. 63 Appendix C9:01
- 64. 64 Appendix D31:52