Life on the Mississippi

noun

1. an autobiographical narrative (1883) by Mark Twain.

Example Sentences

All of this explains why Mark Twain, in Life on the Mississippi, accused Walter Scott of starting the Civil War.

From Slate

Times best sellers: Rinker Buck shares his adventures on a wooden flatboat in “Life On The Mississippi,” a nonfiction best seller.

From New York Times

He became the first author to deliver a typewritten manuscript — his memoir, “Life on the Mississippi,” published in 1883.

From Seattle Times

I enjoyed Mark Twain’s “Life on the Mississippi” and Nikolai Gogol’s “The Nose,” as well as Ernest Hemingway’s writing.

From New York Times

Hunt also produced and directed four feature adaptations in the Peabody Award-winning Mark Twain series on PBS including, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Life on the Mississippi.”

From Los Angeles Times