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001 2014025102
003 DLC
005 20150516084951.0
008 141002s2014 mnua b 001 0beng
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020 $a9780760345504 (cloth)
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050 00 $aPS1334$b.S35 2014
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100 1 $aSchilling, Peter,$d1968-
245 10 $aMark Twain's Mississippi River :$ban illustrated chronicle of the big river in Samuel Clemens' life and works /$cby Peter Schilling Jr.
264 1 $aMinneapolis, MN :$bVoyageur Press,$c2014.
300 $a176 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c23 x 30 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Combine the wild waters of the Mississippi River and wordsmith Mark Twain, and what have you got? Some of the most famous and familiar literary works in American history, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Gilded Age, and Life on the Mississippi. Twain spent the first half of his life on and around the river, from his boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, to his years as a steamboat pilot, during which he traveled up and down the river as far south as New Orleans. Commemorating one of America's most beloved authors and the landscape he portrayed in his works, Mark Twain's Mississippi River includes illustrations from various editions of his books, both fiction and nonfiction; maps; historical photographs; landscape paintings of the river and its inhabitants; and modern photography of towns and countryside, showing how much the landscape has changed (or hasn't) since the days of Huckleberry Finn. Filled with excerpts, quotations, newspaper clippings, and commentaries, this book is full of historical information about the life of Samuel Clemens, his literary creations, and the river that figured so prominently in both. With over 200 beautiful photos and a knowledgeable narrative written by Twain scholar and author R. Kent Rasmussen, Mark Twain's Mississippi River is simply a joy to read for anyone who loves to discover the reality behind the writer"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"An illustrated history of the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's life and works. Includes sketches from early editions of Twain's classics, and full-color paintings, postcards, photographs, and maps"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.
600 10 $aTwain, Mark,$d1835-1910$xHomes and haunts$zMississippi River.
600 10 $aTwain, Mark,$d1835-1910$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography.
651 0 $aMississippi River$xIn literature.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary.$2bisacsh