Old Times on the Mississippi: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Old Times on the Mississippi, credited to Mark Twain, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI, by MARK TWAIN. Read by John Greenman. Old Times on the Mississippi is a non-fiction work by Mark Twain. It was published in 1876. Originally published in serial form in the Atlantic Monthly, in 1875, this same work was published as chapters 4 through 17 in Twain's later work, Life on the Mississippi (1883). Old Times on the the Mississippi has one last chapter that has nothing to do with the rest of the book. A Literary Nightmare describes the funny/sad/maddening effect that a catchy jingle can have on those unlucky enough to be captured by one. (Summary by John Greenman)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Old Times on the Mississippi
• Author credits: Mark Twain
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 3:38:16

Catalogue topics

• river
• boats
• history

Track guide

1. 1 - 'Cub' wants to be a Pilot — 19:36
2. 2 - 'Cub' Pilot's Experience; or, Learning the River — 29:13
3. 3 - The Continued Perplexities of 'Cub' Piloting — 28:26
4. 4 - The 'Cub' Pilot's Education nearly Completed — 26:52
5. 5 - 'Sounding' Faculties Peculiarly Necessary to a Pilot — 31:28
6. 6 - Official Rank and Dignity of a Pilot. The Rise and Decadence of the Pilot's Asociation — 40:52
7. 7 - Leaving Port; Racing; Shortening of the River by Cut-offs; A Steamboar's Ghost; 'Stephen's' Plan of 'Resumption' — 28:57
8. 8 - A Literary Nightmare — 12:53

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