Life on the Mississippi

Life on the Mississippi
Cover of the original U.S. edition, 1883
AuthorMark Twain
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography
PublisherJames R. Osgood & Co., Boston (U.S. edition)
Chatto & Windus, London (English edition)
Publication date
1883
Publication placeUnited States and England
Media typePrint
Pages624 [1]
Preceded byThe Prince and the Pauper 
Followed byAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War published in 1883. It is also a travel book, recounting his trips on the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to New Orleans and then from New Orleans to Saint Paul, many years after the war.