{"product_id":"9781598530575","title":"Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Mark Twain was the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs.'\u003cbr\u003e—William Faulkner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant amalgam of remembrance and reportage, by turns satiric, celebratory, nostalgic, and melancholy, Life on the Mississippi evokes the great river that Mark Twain knew as a boy and young man and the one he revisited as a mature and successful author. Written between the publication of his two greatest novels, \u003ci\u003eTom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, Twain's rich portrait of the Mississippi marks a distinctive transition in the life of the river and the nation, from the boom years preceding the Civil War to the sober times that followed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibrary of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers. Each book features a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, and essay on the choice of the text, and notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from \u003ci\u003eMark Twain: Mississippi Writings\u003c\/i\u003e, volume number 5 in the Library of America series. It is joined in the series by six companion volumes, gathering the collected works of Mark Twain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050587242736,"sku":"9781598530575","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598530575_p0.jpg?v=1763812146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598530575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}