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, Merrick's narrative matches lively stories about gamblers, shipwrecks, and s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2014.
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| Edition: | First University of Minnesota Press edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
