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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Merrick, George Byron
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
Series:Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
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Online Access:Texto completo