LITERATURE

Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings; Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain

Library of America, dist. by Penguin. 1982. 1126p. ISBN 9780940450073. $35; pap. ISBN 9780451531209. $4.95.

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With his series of humorous memoirs, Twain made himself one of the most beloved characters of American literature. In Life on the Mississippi (1883), he combined an entertaining coming-of-age story with a late homecoming journal. Together they revealed great changes within the author and in our country's heartland. Twain led the way for memoirists who disregard facts for the sake of story.

Reviewed by Staff , Jan 24, 2013

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