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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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minn. ; London :
University of Minnesota Press,
2001
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| Series: | Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
