Life on The Mississippi Complete

My father was a justice of the peace, and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men and could hang anybody that offended him. This was distinction enough for me as a general thing; but the desire to be a steamboatman kept intruding, nevertheless. I first wanted to be a cabin-boy, so that I could come out with a white apron on and shake a tablecloth over the side, where all my old comrades could see me; later I thought I would rather be the deckhand who stood on the end of the stage-plank with the coil of rope in his hand, because he was particularly conspicuous. But these were only day-dreams, they were too heavenly to be contemplated as real possibilities. By and by one of our boys went away. He was not heard of for a long time. At last he turned up as apprentice engineer or lsquo;striker on a steamboat. This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sunday-school teachings. That boy had been notoriously worldly, and I just the reverse; yet he was exalted to this eminence, and I left in obscurity and misery..

• Yazar: Mark Twain
• Yayınevi: Platanus Publishing
• ISBN: 9786257068550
• Kategori: Yabancı Dilde Kitaplar
• Cilt: Ciltsiz
• Sayfa Sayısı: 406
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı: 1. Basım
• Yayın Tarihi: 2020
• Ebat: 13,5 X 21
• Kağıt Türü: 2. Hamur

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