Mark Twain 
Life On The Mississippi (Annotated) 

A stunning evocation of America's history… The book that cemented Mark Twain's reputation as a serious author… Discover the allure of Mississippi living. Life on the Mississippi is the raw material from which Mark Twain built his best novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It is a romantic history of a magnificent river, an autobiographical narrative of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a treasury of funny tales and sketches.