• Life on the Mississippi, memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War by Mark Twain. - Memoir, history or record composed from personal observation and experience. - ১৮৮৩ সালে এটি প্রকাশিত হয়। - 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.
• Mark Twain: -Mark Twain was an American humorist, novelist, and travel writer.
• Famous Works: - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court - A Tramp Abroad - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Following the Equator - Letters from the Earth - Life on the Mississippi - Old Times on the Mississippi - Pudd’nhead Wilson - The Prince and the Pauper”