Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (Text Synchronized Audiobook™)

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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. A good portion of the work also deals with his post-war visit to the “old haunts”.

Table of Contents:

01 The River and its History - 00:15:10

02 The River and its Explorers - 00:12:32

03 Frescoes From the Past - 00:31:54

04 The Boys’ Ambition - 00:10:04

05 I Want to be a Cub-pilot - 00:09:21
06 A Cub-pilot’s Experience - 00:15:12

07 A Daring Deed - 00:13:28
08 Perplexing Lessons - 00:13:19

09 Continued Perplexities - 00:13:52

10 Completing my Education - 00:12:26

11 The River Rises - 00:14:51

12 Sounding - 00:13:11

13 A Pilot’s Needs - 00:17:54

14 Rank and Dignity of Piloting - 00:14:19
15 The Pilots’ Monopoly - 00:24:39

16 Racing Days - 00:11:59
17 Cut-offs and Stephen - 00:16:31

18 I Take a Few Extra Lessons - 00:11:56

19 Brown and I Exchange Compliments - 00:08:00

20 A Catastrophe - 00:12:03

21 A Section in My Biography - 00:01:43

22 I Return to My Muttons - 00:17:46
23 Travelling Incognito - 00:06:44
24 My Incognito is Exploded - 00:11:55

25 From Cairo to Hickman - 00:12:40

26 Under Fire - 00:14:17
27 Some Imported Articles - 00:11:45

28 Uncle Mumford Unloads - 00:18:25
29 A Few Specimen Bricks - 00:20:31
30 Sketches by the Way - 00:17:42

31 A Thumb-print and What Came of It - 00:32:17
32 The Disposal of a Bonanza - 00:08:50

33 Refreshments and Ethics - 00:10:29

34 Tough Yarns - 00:04:16

35 Vicksburg During the Trouble - 00:17:34

36 The Professor’s Yarn - 00:13:58

37 The End of the ‘Gold Dust’ - 00:02:10
38 The House Beautiful - 00:14:12

39 Manufactures and Miscreants - 00:12:44

40 Castles and Culture - 00:12:50

41 The Metropolis of the South - 00:09:06

42 Hygiene and Sentiment - 00:08:46

43 The Art of Inhumation - 00:08:22

44 City Sights - 00:15:02

45 Southern Sports - 00:17:45

46 Enchantments and Enchanters - 00:09:31

47 Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable - 00:05:11

48 Sugar and Postage - 00:14:17

49 Episodes in Pilot Life - 00:12:11

50 The ‘Original Jacobs’ - 00:11:45

51 Reminiscences - 00:14:52

52 A Burning Brand - 00:25:39
53 My Boyhood’s Home - 00:10:51

54 Past and Present - 00:17:06

55 A Vendetta and Other Things - 00:13:09
56 A Question of Law - 00:11:11

57 An Archangel - 00:13:35

58 On the Upper River - 00:13:56

59 Legends and Scenery - 00:15:34

60 Speculations and Conclusion - 00:16:35

61 Appendix A - 00:23:35
62 Appendix B - 00:08:59

63 Appendix C - 00:09:01

64 Appendix D - 00:31:52

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