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Old times on the upper Mississippi : recollections of a steamboat pilot from 1854 to 1863 /
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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, Minn. ; London :
University of Minnesota Press,
2001.
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| Collection: | Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Prelude; 1 Early Impressions; 2 Indians, Dugouts, and Wolves; 3 On the Levee at Prescott; 4 In the Engine-room; 5 The Engineer; 6 The "Mud" Clerk
- Comparative Honors; 7 Wooding Up; 8 The Mate; 9 The "Old Man"; 10 The Pilots and Their Work; 11 Knowing the River; 12 The Art of Steering; 13 An Initiation; 14 Early Pilots; 15 Incidents of River Life; 16 Mississippi Menus; 17 Bars and Barkeepers; 18 Gamblers and Gambling; 19 Steamboat Racing; 20 Music and Art; 21 Steamboat Bonanzas; 22 Wild-cat Money and Town-sites; 23 A Pioneer Steamboatman; 24 A Versatile Commander.