Bloodred ballpoints are usually too much. Also, you probably don’t want the ink’s color to dominate the page. You can’t use inks that are gonna show through. When I was first underlining, I didn’t understand. Should it touch the bottom of the letters on the line, or should you give it a little space there? Depends.Īnd then there’s the ink. Then there’s the question of where exactly the line should go. They make little stubby ones for this purpose. How do you do it right? Use a ruler, for starters. If you do it right, though, you create a precious heirloom. You find out quick that if you do it wrong, you ruin the book. Nobody shows you how to do this, and it’s a pity. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales.A few words about an underappreciated piece of reading technology. He describes the competition from railroads, and the new, large cities, and adds his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. In the second half, Twain narrates his trip many years later on a steamboat from St. Although Twain was actually 21 when he began his training, he uses artistic license to make himself seem somewhat younger, referring to himself as a "fledgling" and a "boy" who "ran away from home" to seek his fortune on the river, and playing up his own callowness and naïveté. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River in a section that was first published in 1876, entitled "Old Times on the Mississippi". The book begins with a brief history of the river as reported by Europeans and Americans, beginning with the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' (apprentice) of an experienced pilot, Horace E. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. Life on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. 1987 Reader's Digest Association publication Book in quite good condition has previous owner's name written in light green inside cover no dust jacket.
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