Life on the Mississippi

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Here on offer is a very nice edition of Mark Twain's memoir/travel journal, Life on the Mississippi, published by The Folio Society, London in 2006. This copy is a 3rd printing, 2008, on Caxton Wove paper by Memminger MedienCentrum AG, Memmingen, Germany. The book is bound by Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, Germany, in buckram blocked with a design by Neil Gower. The cover is protected from wear by an illustrated slipcase.

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"The Folio Society is a privately owned London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations (most often in fiction titles) or researched artworks and photographs (in non-fiction titles). Most editions come with their own slipcase."
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"Life on the Mississippi, memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War by Mark Twain, published in 1883.

The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541. Chapters 4-22 describe Twain's career as a Mississippi steamboat pilot, the fulfillment of a childhood dream.

The second half of Life on the Mississippi tells of Twain's return, many years after, to travel the river from St. Louis to New Orleans. By then the competition from railroads had made steamboats passé, in spite of improvements in navigation and boat construction. Twain observes new, large cities on the river and records his ruminations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture."


The above text was taken from Britannica.com [Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Life on the Mississippi". Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Feb. 2015, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Life-on-the-Mississippi. Accessed 21 October 2021].



This handsome text would be a worthy addendum to your collectible books library.