1883 Life on the Mississippi. A combination of reminiscences of the young Twain's stint as a riverboat pilot and his return to the Mississippi 20 years later. The early chapters are especially famous for their descriptions of the river and of the exciting, vanished age of the steamboat. An original drawing of Huckleberry Finn by E.W.Kemble 1885 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had.
All American writing comes from that.
There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches. Includes material previously published as Merry Tales.