The Works of Mark Twain; No. 101; Life on the Mississippi

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Series
The Works of Mark Twain
Episode Number
No. 101
Episode
Life on the Mississippi
Producing Organization
Nebraska Educational Television Network
Great Amwell Company
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-j96057f14r
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Description
Episode Description
"LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI is a fictionalization of eighteen months in the life of Mark Twain when, as a young man, he fulfilled his boyhood ambition to become a river pilot. After a difficult apprenticeship during which he braved the hazards of the deceptive, [ever]-changing river and a potentially disastrous brush with an egomaniacal pilot, he earned his license ? and with it a new maturity. "Robert Lansing stars as Horace Bixby, the experienced pilot who assumes the responsibility for 'learning the river' to an eager, if often bumbling cub; and David Knell plays the apprentice 'Sam', a figure based to some extent on Twain himself."--1980 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1980-11-24
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
01:02:15.799
Credits
Producing Organization: Nebraska Educational Television Network
Producing Organization: Great Amwell Company
Producing Organization: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-6858cceee41 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 2:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “The Works of Mark Twain; No. 101; Life on the Mississippi,” 1980-11-24, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-j96057f14r.
MLA: “The Works of Mark Twain; No. 101; Life on the Mississippi.” 1980-11-24. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-j96057f14r>.
APA: The Works of Mark Twain; No. 101; Life on the Mississippi. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-j96057f14r