Old times on the upper Mississippi : recollections of a steamboat pilot from 1854 to 1863 /

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George Byron Merrick chronicles the entire panorama of steamboat life he experienced in the mid-1800s, where he started as a cabin boy and worked up to cub pilot on the mighty Mississippi. Originally published in 1909, Merricks narrative matches lively stories about gamblers, shipwrecks, and steambo...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Merrick, George Byron
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
Collection:Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
Sujets:
1800-1899
River life > Mississippi River > History > 19th century.
River boats > Mississippi River > History > 19th century.
Pilots and pilotage > Mississippi River > Biography.
Steam-navigation > Mississippi River > History > 19th century.
Vie fluviale > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Bateaux de rivière > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Navigation à vapeur > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Manners and customs
Pilots and pilotage
River boats
River life
Steam-navigation
Travel
Mississippi River Valley > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Mississippi River Valley > Description and travel.
Mississippi, Vallée du > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Mississippi, Vallée du > Descriptions et voyages.
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Valley
Biographies
History
collective biographies.
Biographies.
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