{"product_id":"9781435120860","title":"Life on the Mississippi (Barnes \u0026 Noble Library of Essential Reading)","description":"\u003ci\u003eLife on the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e was, in some ways, the book \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e always wanted to write.  It was the travel narrative most closely connected with his youth, with his sense of self, with his life. Twain viewed the Mississippi River as a defining feature of his life, his culture, and his country.  It is in this book that we learn how Samuel Clemens took on the pen name Mark Twain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work not about the Mississippi, but about \u003ci\u003elife\u003c\/i\u003e on the Mississippi. It is a text that lays before the reader not only the life of America’s greatest river, but the life of one of her greatest artists.  Yet, in doing these two things, it does more, for, when all is said and done, \u003ci\u003eLife on the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e lays before the reader the life of the nation itself, a portrait of nineteenth-century American life and culture as only Mark Twain can paint it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn November 30, 1835, in the frontier town of Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens adopted the pen name \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e. The name was a term that he often heard during his days as a Mississippi River pilot.  A prolific author, Twain is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042402910448,"sku":"9781435120860","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781435120860_p0.jpg?v=1763782925","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781435120860","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}