An invaluable companion to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn & The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's inimitable portrait of the great Father of Waters' Part memoir part travelogue it expresses the full range of Twain's literary personality & remains the most vivid boisterous & provocative account of the cultural & societal history of the Mississippi Valley from the golden age' of steamboating to the violence wrought by the Civil War This new edition of Life on the Mississippi contains a comprehensive introduction extensive annotations & a guide to further reading designed to appeal to both the student & the general reader