{"product_id":"my-life-on-the-mississippi-or-why-i-am-not-mark-twain-by-richard-bissell-used-good-col","title":"MY LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI OR WHY I AM NOT MARK TWAIN BY RICHARD BISSELL- USED GOOD, COL","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eMy Life on the Mississippi, or Why I Am Not Mark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Bissell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little, Brown and Company (Boston \/ Toronto)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1973\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover with original dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eOriginal Retail Price:\u003c\/b\u003e $7.95\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Content Background\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eRichard Bissell\u003c\/b\u003e (1913–1977) was a uniquely talented American author, Harvard graduate, and licensed Mississippi River steamboat pilot. He is best known for his 1953 novel \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"171\"\u003e7½ Cents\u003c\/i\u003e, which he later helped adapt into the massive Broadway hit and movie musical \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"257\"\u003eThe Pajama Game\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eBecause Bissell wrote so masterfully about the humor, dialogue, and hard-working culture of the modern 20th-century riverboat crews, critics constantly compared him to Mark Twain. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"180\"\u003eMy Life on the Mississippi, or Why I Am Not Mark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e was his delightfully self-deprecating response to those lifelong comparisons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe book is a blend of autobiography, travelogue, and tall tales detailing his decades navigating the river. It also contains a bizarrely true family connection to Twain: Bissell’s own uncle actually bought Mark Twain's famous 20-room mansion in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1903 (and later used it as a storage warehouse). The cover art—showing a young boy relaxing on a river dock with his pipe smoke swirling up to form the face of Mark Twain—brilliantly captures the book's irreverent, nostalgic theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eEdition Identification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eLooking closely at the copyright page (the fifth photo), this copy explicitly states \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"85\"\u003e\"First Edition\"\u003c\/b\u003e directly below the copyright lines, alongside the printing code \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"165\"\u003e\"T 11\/73\"\u003c\/b\u003e (indicating it was printed in November 1973). This confirms it is a genuine \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"251\"\u003etrue first printing\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47696331997347,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260520_164249.jpg?v=1779575287","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/my-life-on-the-mississippi-or-why-i-am-not-mark-twain-by-richard-bissell-used-good-col","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}