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Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain

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

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