{"product_id":"9781775452430","title":"Life on the Mississippi","description":"  \u003cp\u003eIt's Time to Rediscover the Wonderful Books We All Cherish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable.\"— Mark Twain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e0riginally published in 1883, \u003ci\u003eLife on the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e is Mark Twain's memoir of his youthful years as a cub pilot on a steamboat paddling up and down the Mississippi River. Twain used his childhood experiences growing up along the Mississippi in a number of works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,\u003c\/i\u003e but nowhere is the river and the pilot's life more thoroughly described than in this work. Told with insight, humor, and candor, \u003ci\u003eLife on the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e is an American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Often called America's greatest satirist, he is best known for his novels \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.\u003c\/i\u003e Born in 1835, Twain died in 1910.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Floating Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46434999238897,"sku":"9781775452430","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781775452430_p0.jpg?v=1765535376","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781775452430","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}