One of my favorite sentences in the writings of Samuel Clemens was “ The Mississippi flowed through Clemens's life, as through his art.” Clemens traveled the down to New Orleans learning the river. He also learned how to fly a plane and became a licensed pilot. Through out Clemens travels he wrote down everything that happened each and every day. This book he wrote in was very interesting and had a new story to tell each time you read it. A quote that stood out to me was “Throughout the long twelve hundred miles there was never a page that was void of interest, never on that you could leave unread with out loss, never one that you would want to skip, thinking you could find higher enjoyment in some other thing. There never was so wonderful