# Horace Bixby — The Autobiography of Mark Twain character guide

> Horace Bixby in The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Horace E. Bixby, Horace Bixby

**First appearance:** 0015-volume-i-early-days

## Who they are

Riverboat pilot who taught Mark Twain.

## In the story

### [The Prophetic Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-i-new-york-january-13-1906)

Mark Twain's owner and pilot, who lent him to Mr. Brown on the Pennsylvania.

### [Thursday, March 29, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-thursday-march-29-1906)

Trains Twain as a pilot on the Mississippi.

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