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Life on the Mississippi

by Mark TWAIN (1835 - 1910)

14-Rank and Dignity of Piloting

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of Life on the Mississippi:
15-The Pilots' Monopoly , 16-Racing Days , 17-Cut-offs and Stephen , 18-I Take a Few Extra Lessons , 19-Brown and I Exchange Compliments , 20-A Catastophe , 21-A Section in My Biography , 22-I Return to My Muttons , 23-Traveling Incognito , 24-My Incognito is Exploded , 25-From Cairo to Hickman , 26-Under Fire , 27-Some Imported Articles , 28-Uncle Mumford Unloads , 29-A Few Specimen Bricks , 30-Sketches by the Way , 31-A Thumb-print and What Came of It , 32-The Disposal of a Bonanza , 33-Refreshments and Ethics , 34-Tough Yarns , 35-Vicksburg During the Trouble , 36-The Professor's Yarn , 37-The End of the 'Gold Dust' , 38-The House Beautiful , 39-Manufactures and Miscreants , 40-Castles and Culture , 41-The Metropolis of the South , 42-Hygiene and Sentiment , 43-The Art of Inhumation , 44-City Sights , 45-Southern Sports , 46-Enchantments and Enchanters , 47-Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable , 48-Sugar and Postage , 49-Episodes in Pilot Life , 50-The 'Original Jacobs' , 51-Reminiscences , 52-A Burning Brand , 53-My Boyhood's Home , 54-Past and Present , 55-A Vendetta and Other Things , 56-A Question of Law , 57-An Archangel , 58-On the Upper River , 59-Legends and Scenery , 60-Speculations and Conclusions , Appendix A , Appendix B , Appendix C , Appendix D