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17 de abr. de 2024 · Mark Twain (born November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, U.S.—died April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut) was an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired international fame for his travel narratives, especially The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing It (1872), and Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his ...
Hace 1 día · Near the completion of Huckleberry Finn, Twain wrote Life on the Mississippi, which is said to have heavily influenced the novel. The travel work recounts Twain's memories and new experiences after a 22-year absence from the Mississippi River.
- Modern
- American Realism
- from 1863
1 de may. de 2024 · Emmett Till (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi) was an African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement. Till was born to working-class parents on the South Side of Chicago.
14 de abr. de 2024 · 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 published in 1883. It is also a travel book,...
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- Enhanced Public Domain
24 de abr. de 2024 · The Unreliable Memoirs of a Mississippi Gambler. Considering the sheer number of paddle steamer casinos that plied their trade up and down the Mississippi in the 19th century—to the delight of gamblers—it’s surprising there have not been more books devoted to the subject.
Hace 1 día · In the heart of the American South lies a land rich with history, where the whispers of the past echo through time. Mississippi, with its lush landscapes and winding rivers, holds a tapestry woven with the stories of its Indigenous peoples who have inhabited this region for thousands of years.
24 de abr. de 2024 · The story of Alton Cobb and Mississippi’s reluctant decision to opt into Medicaid in 1969 is one of an unlikely alliance and political courage by a governor who eschewed his political philosophy to do what he believed was right for the people of Mississippi. That governor was John Bell Williams.
