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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi

Biography & Autobiography
English
131220 Words
Ages 8 and up
183
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. [more]

Keywords: life on the mississippi, mark twain, mark twain memoir, autobiography, travel book, american literature

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Friedrich Gerstäcker Die Flusspiraten des Mississippi

Abenteuerroman

Adventure
German
158225 Words
Ages 14 and up
256
0

Die Schifffahrt auf dem Mississippi in der Zeit des Wilden Westens ist gefährlich. Raubend und mordend überfällt eine [more]

Keywords: Friedrich, Gerstäcker, Schriftsteller, Autor, Abenteuer, Abenteuerbuch, Abenteuerroman, Jugendroman, Abenteuererzählung, Abenteuergeschichte, Roman, Buch, Deutschland, Amerika, USA Nordamerika, wildwest, Wilder Westen, Farm, Farmer, Wälder, Sümpfe, Wildnis, Urwald, Erzählung, Spannung, spannend, Mississippi, Dampfer, Raddampfer, Flößer, Floß, Überfall, Mord, Mörder, Pirat, Bande, Piratenbande, Meuchelmord, Meuchelmörder, Insel, Pirateninsel, Dampfboot, Flatboot, Backwoodsmen, Arkansas, Texas, Regulatoren, Morrelsche Bande, Morrel, Flusspirat, Pennsylvanien, Zuchthaus, Helena, Wabasch, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Prärie, Jäger, Bootsmann, Hinterwäldler, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Ire, Schläger, Friedensrichter, Advokat, Arzt, Terzerol, einundsechzig, 61, Kapitän, Kelly, Verbrecher, Verbrechen, Untat, Fort, Festung, Bollwerk, Konstabler, Verbrecher-Republik, Flusspiraten, Memphis, Paketboot, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Georgia, Houston, Vicksburg, Louisiana, Kanoe, Raub, Neger, Nigger, Farbige, Mulatte, Rache, Kampf [more][Less]

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Friedrich Gerstäcker Mississippi-Bilder

Adventure
German
143015 Words
Ages 14 and up
331
0

Inhalt: Der Pflanzer. Der Hurricane. Die Silbermine in den Ozarkgebirgen. Eine Gerichtsszene in Arkansas. Doktor Middleton. Jazede. Der [more]

Keywords: Der Pflanzer, Der Hurricane, Die Silbermine in den Ozarkgebirgen, Eine Gerichtsszene in Arkansas, Doktor Middleton, Jazede, Der Pirschgang auf den Bären, Sieben Tage auf einem amerikanischen Dampfboot, Der Deutsche und sein Kind, Der Osage, Zivilisation und Wildnis, Der erkaufte Henker, Die Tochter der Riccarees, Die Sklavin, Gerstäcker, Friedrich, Schriftsteller, Autor, Deutschland, deutsch, Erzählung, Story, Abenteuer, Kurzroman, Kurzgeschichte, Chinabaum, Nordamerika, Neger, Negersklaven, Kreolen, Sklavenzug, Mustang, Ansiedler, Pflanzer, Parish, Kreole, Sklavenauktion, Sklavenverkauf, Sklavenhändler, Cholera, Kentucky, Texas, Indianer, Skalp, Alligatoren, Bayou Sarah, St. Francisville, Negerin, Negresse, Pest, Backwoodsmen, Magnolien, Golf von Mexiko, Atchafalaya, Houston, Prärie, Illinois, Amerika, Vereinigte Staaten, Wildwest, Wilder Westen, Hickory, Jacksonsche Partei, demokratische Partei, Demokraten, Whigs, Jefferson, Van Buren, Indiana, Wahl, Wahltag, Farm, Ohio, Mord, Mörder, Konstabler, Kerker, Haft, Flucht, Unschuld, Blockhaus, Missouri, Frühling, Louisiana, Pecan, Pecanbaum, Pecanbäume, Loon, Mockingbird, Urwald, Plantage, Dampfboot, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Quapas, Spanier, Kapitän, Schmuggler, Schmugglerschoner, Schoner, Rache, Sklave, Sklavin, Entführung, Nigger, Yankee, Duell, Zweikampf, Ratchez, St. Louis, Osage, Skalenhandel, Kriegsgesang, Kriegsgesänge, Creeks, Seminolen, Pontchartrain, Tironia, Big Creek, Jäger, Whip-poor-will, Nachtigal, White River, Bär, Bärenjagd, Mississippi, Truthühner, Truthahn, Mokassins, Slew, Papaobaum, Papao, Pohk, Pohkbeere, pokeberries, Washitaberge, Raddampfer, Schiff, St. Louis; Plantage, Jagd, Büffel, Rocky Mountains, Felsengebirge, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Independence, Falschspieler, Betrüger, Vicksburg, Cincinnati, Schurke, Hängen, Lynch, Lynchjustiz, Lynch Law, Lynching, lynchen, Cairo, Pointe-Pleasant, Memphis, Matamores, Mexiko, Washington, Kaskaskia, Louisville, Wildnis, Auswanderer, Kentuckier, Licking, Neuport, Covington, Selbstjustiz, Belleville, Yankee Doodle [more][Less]

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Friedrich Gerstäcker Mississippi-Fahrt im Waschtrog

Erzählung

Adventure
German
4058 Words
Ages 10 and up
335
0

Ich war in Cincinnati wieder einmal gänzlich ohne Geld, was mir verschiedene Male passiert ist. Kellner oder Ausschenker [more]

Keywords: Amerika, Auswanderer, auswandern, Gerstäcker, Abenteuer, Schriftsteller, Dampfer, Arkansas, Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Jagd, Jäger, Memphis, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Memphis, New Orleans, Holzfäller, Wilder Westen, Kairo, Illinois, St. Louis [more][Less]

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Rob Monroe Pulverdampf am Mississippi

Western

Mystery & Crime
German
34749 Words
Ages 18 and up
1
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Eigentlich wollte der Abenteurer Nick Sherman nach Monaten in der Wildnis einfach nur den Luxus an Bord der "Delta Queen" genießen. Die rothaarige Gamblerin Kitty Fleur scheint einem Flirt mit dem harten Burschen nicht abgeneigt zu sein. Doch dann wird es auf dem Mississippidampfer plötzlich sehr blutig. Unbarmherzige Gegner erscheinen auf der Bildfläche, die sich nichs sehnlicher wünschen als Shermans Tod. Und auch Kitty Fleur treibt nicht nur am Pokertisch ein doppeltes Spiel ... Andere Bücher von Rob Monroe: Grenzer Amy & Spionin Lilly [more]

Keywords: Western, Romane, Krimi, Thriller, historisch, Neuerscheinungen 2017, Neuheiten 2017, Abenteuer, Liebesromane, romantisch, Romantik, spannend, Spannung, Action, Amerika, USA, historische Krimis, historische Romane, historische Western, historische Thriller, Mississippi, historischer Roman, Erotischer Roman [more][Less]

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Thomas A. Wise A Gentleman from Mississippi

Fiction
English
43604 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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In buoyant spirit the Hon. Charles Norton rode up the bridle path leading through the Langdon plantation to the old antebellum homestead which, on a shaded knoll, overlooked the winding waters of the Pearl River. No finer prospect was to be had in all Mississippi than greeted the eye from the wide southwest porch, where on warm evenings the Langdons and their frequent guests gathered to dine or to watch the golden splendor of the dying sun. [more]

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Mississippi Historical Society Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume I (of 14)

Fiction
English
31444 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS) is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The society [more]

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Mississippi Historical Society Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume I (of 14)

Fiction
English
31474 Words
Ages 18 and up
1
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The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS) is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The society [more]

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Mississippi Historical Society Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume I (of 14)

Fiction
English
39131 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS) is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The society was established in 1858 but was terminated due to the coming of the American Civil War. It remained in hiatus until 1890, publishing extensively over the next 35 years and helping to establish the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 1902. After a second protracted hiatus, lasting from 1925 until 1952, the society reemerged and has remained in continuous operation ever since. The society publishes the quarterly Journal of Mississippi History, the monthly Mississippi History Newsletter, and the online journal History Now. [more]

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Emerson Hough The Mississippi Bubble

Fiction
English
96726 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28, 1857. He was in Newton High School's first graduating class of three in 1875.[1] He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882.[2] His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882.[2] He moved to White Oaks, New Mexico, practiced law there, and wrote for the White Oaks newspaper Golden Era for a year and a half, returning to Iowa when his mother was ill.[3] He later wrote a novel, Story of the Outlaw, a study of the western desperado, which included profiles of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. Hough moved to New Mexico after Garrett shot Billy the Kid, and he became a friend of Garrett.[4] He wrote for various newspapers in Des Moines, Iowa, Sandusky, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Wichita, Kansas.[5] In 1889 he got a position as western editor of Forest and Stream, editing the "Chicago and the West" column.[6] He was hired by George Bird Grinnell, the owner of Field and Stream, who founded the Audubon Society in 1886 which, along with Theodore Roosevelt's Boone and Crockett Club, was a leader in the conservation movement.[7] Hough was also a conservationist. One of his projects for Forest and Stream was to survey Yellowstone National Park in midwinter 1893, with a guide and 2 soldiers from the nearby fort of the same name. There were supposed to be more than 500 buffalo there, but their count barely reached 100. Due to Hough's report, eastern newspapers took up the cause against poaching, and in May 1894 the U.S. Congress passed a law making poaching of game in national parks a punishable offense.[8] Later, he and other Saturday Evening Post writers wrote a letter for Stephen Mather and George Horace Latimer to sign, advocating the creation of a national park system. The National Park Service was created in 1916.[9] In addition, he was a co-founder of the Izaak Walton League, an organization of outdoorsmen, in 1922.[10] He wrote the "Out-of-Doors" column for the Saturday Evening Post and these columns later appeared in book form.[11] In 1902, Hough began his association with Bobbs-Merrill Company (then Bowen-Merrill), which published his first best-seller, The Mississippi Bubble. Hough began a trilogy on America when he published 54-40 or Fight in 1909, dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt. He dedicated the second volume, Purchase Price, to U.S. Senator Albert Beveridge of Indiana in 1910 and the third, John Rawn, to Woodrow Wilson in 1912.[12] He nevertheless campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt, candidate of the Bull Moose Party, in the 1912 presidential election.[13] [more]

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