Deep Water The Mississippi River in the Age of Mark Twain /

"Mark Twain's visions of the Mississippi River offer some of the most indelible images in American literature: Huck and Jim floating downstream on their raft, Tom Sawyer and friends becoming pirates on Jackson's Island, the young Sam Clemens himself at the wheel of a steamboat. Throug...

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Main Author: Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Series:Southern literary studies
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