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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
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1090L
Language
English
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"Life on the Mississippi is a powerful narrative concerning the past, present, and future of the Mississippi River, including its towns, peoples, and ways of life. Before addressing the river and his personal relationship to it, Twain provides a brief history of the Mississippi River. He comments in the first few chapters on the river's historic standing as a wonder that surpasses many rivers around the world. Twain also provides a history of explorers...
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"Thomas C. Buchanan paints a picture of 19th-century Mississippi, documenting the experiences among slaves and free blacks who lived and worked on the lower decks and along the river during slavery, through the Civil War, and into emancipation. He explores their efforts to link riverside African American communities in the North and South."--WorldCat.
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