Public-domain book · Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain is about 138,452 words — roughly 476 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 9 h 42 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 566 | 672 | 830 | 1.513 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 450 | 560 | 644 | 1.261 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 406 | 476 | 574 | 1.072 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 378 | 452 | 542 | 1.018 in |
Based on an estimated 138,452 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #245) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.