Life on the Mississippi: Part 1
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Life on the Mississippi is the ninth book in The Oxford Mark Twain collection but the content brackets his early childhood aspirations with his eventual success as a writer, "...a scribbler of books". This particular "book", a drupal method for organizing content, contains those chapters dealing with Mark's training to be a pilot. The readings are all done by my Second Life avatar SLClemens in sessions conducted at the sim Fate Gardens in May and June of 2011.
Life on the Mississippi - Chapter 22: I Return to My Muttons
Originally recorded in Fate Gardens on June 21, I was unhappy withe the quality of the recording. So I had it re-read. Last night, July 5, another reading session at Fate Gardens was interrupted by griefers so SLClemens retired to the studio to re-read this chapter. YouTube has advised me that I an now eligible to post videos longer than 15 minutes. This is my first attempt to do so.
Life on the Mississippi - Chapter 21: A Section in My Biography
A transition chapter between Mark's riverboat career and his return to the river more than twenty years later.
Life on the Mississippi - Chapter 19: Brown and I Exchange Compliments
Mark decks Mr. Brown with a stool, in defense of his brother Henry.
Life on the Mississippi - Chapter 18: I Take a Few Extra Lessons
Mark is assigned to work with a rather obnoxious pilot named Brown. It may ultimately been for his own good as it got him off a boat that later exploded.
On the Pass
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Adapting to a relatively harsh environment