Old Times on the Upper Mississippi : Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863.

By: Merrick, George ByronMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota HeritagePublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816693641Subject(s): Merrick, George Byron | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River -- Biography | River boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century | River life -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century | Steam-navigation -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Old Times on the Upper Mississippi : Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863DDC classification: 977.02092 LOC classification: F597 -- .M46 2001ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- Wreck of the "Equator -- 25 A Stray Nobleman -- 26 In War Time -- 27 At Fort Ridgeley -- 28 Improving the River -- 29 Killing Steamboats -- 30 Living It Over Again -- Appendixes -- A. List of Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi River, 1823-1863 -- B. Opening of Navigation at St. Paul, 1844-1862 -- C. Table of Distances from St. Louis -- D. Improvement of the Upper Mississippi, 1866-1876 -- E. Indian Nomenclature and Legends -- Map of the Mississippi between St. Louis and St. Paul -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 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 steamboat races with rich descriptions of river life and steamboat operations.
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Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- Wreck of the "Equator -- 25 A Stray Nobleman -- 26 In War Time -- 27 At Fort Ridgeley -- 28 Improving the River -- 29 Killing Steamboats -- 30 Living It Over Again -- Appendixes -- A. List of Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi River, 1823-1863 -- B. Opening of Navigation at St. Paul, 1844-1862 -- C. Table of Distances from St. Louis -- D. Improvement of the Upper Mississippi, 1866-1876 -- E. Indian Nomenclature and Legends -- Map of the Mississippi between St. Louis and St. Paul -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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 steamboat races with rich descriptions of river life and steamboat operations.

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