Life on the Missississippi

This book tells the story of his life on the river. One of the main part towards this story is he started out as a cub pilot under his mentos ,Horace Bixby.This is off the thing that I like because Horace Bixby is teaching him. Then he gets his own licence and starts to poilot on his own experiencing many adventures and meeting interesting people. I like this because it tells me I can do what i want to do if i leasen to the right people. I realy did not like how the story Ends , because in May 1861 the civil War came and he had to make his last trip from New Orleans to St Louis.Then the Union Army to transport troops.