To learn the depths of the river and navigate the boat safely through its current.
500 hundred a month
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Mark Twain had a variety of jobs including: pilot, assistant at a print shop and writer. He is widely known for his prose. He was a reporter, a soldier, and a riverboat pilot. At the age of 12, Mark Twain became a printer's apprentice. He worked as a printer in Philadelphia, New York City, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. In 1859, Twain received his license to pilot a steamboat and through this occupation developed his pen name. Twain briefly worked as a miner in the town of Virginia City, Nevada.
"A "cub pilot" was one name for an apprentice riverboat pilot, most notably on the Mississippi River during the 19th century. Such training was detailed in the 1883 book Life on the Mississippi by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). (* For aircraft, the Piper J-3 "Cub" was built between 1938 and 1947, and still flown today.)" (Wiki User)
Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, worked as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, a miner during the Nevada silver rush, and a journalist for various newspapers.
No riverboat marriages are illegal.
The Fabulous Riverboat was created in 1971.
The ISBN of The Fabulous Riverboat is 0853911975.
Riverboat Shuffle was created in 1924.
Live on the Riverboat was created in 2002-12.
Mark Twain Riverboat was created in 1955.
The pseudonym Samuel Clemens gave himself, Mark Twain, pays tribute to his days working as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. "Mark Twain" was a term used to indicate a safe depth of water for navigation, which held significance for Clemens given his past experience on the river.