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,

Even in the decades before Mark Twain enthralled the world with his evocative representations of the Mississippi, the river played an essential role in American

"An illustrated history of the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's life and works. Includes sketches from early editions of Twain's classics, and full-color paint