Author [[Mark Twain]], who had briefly worked aboard a [[steamboat]] prior to the [[Civil War]],<ref>University of California-Berkeley. [http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/mississippi.html ''Mark Twain at Large: The Mississippi River''] (2007)</ref> is heavily associated with the Mississippi River. In particular, his novel ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]'' which is one of the most famous of all American books, is largely set on the Mississippi River and its surrounding area. | Author [[Mark Twain]], who had briefly worked aboard a [[steamboat]] prior to the [[Civil War]],<ref>University of California-Berkeley. [http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/mississippi.html ''Mark Twain at Large: The Mississippi River''] (2007)</ref> is heavily associated with the Mississippi River. In particular, his novel ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]'' which is one of the most famous of all American books, is largely set on the Mississippi River and its surrounding area. |