Life on the Mississippi
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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All of this explains why Mark Twain, in Life on the Mississippi, accused Walter Scott of starting the Civil War.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2022
Consider how Twain creates a persona at the beginning of the excerpt from Life on the Mississippi.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
In Life on the Mississippi, he makes light of his alter ego:
From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2017
I have used it to download free copies of books that are out of copyright like The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Art of War, Life on the Mississippi and Moby Dick.
From Forbes • Mar. 1, 2011
And nothing could I find until I took up "Life on the Mississippi," and "Huckleberry Finn," and, just now, the "Connecticut Yankee."
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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