Mark Twain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the...
Author
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 48
Publisher
Duke Classics
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Description
A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.