num_pages: 154
description: Recounts the early life of Samuel Clemens, whose greatest ambition was to be a Mississippi riverboat pilot.
language: English
title: Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi
titlecomplete: Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi
characters: Mark Twain
genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
ratings_count: 20
places: Mississippi River, Missouri, The United States of America
series: U.S. Landmark Books
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers