[Gutenberg 47262] • Old Times on the Upper Mississippi / The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
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- Authors
- Merrick, George Byron
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Tags
- river boats -- mississippi river -- history -- 19th century , steam-navigation -- mississippi river -- history -- 19th century , mississippi river valley -- description and travel , frontier and pioneer life -- mississippi river valley , history , pilots and pilotage -- mississippi river -- biography , george byron , merrick , mississippi river valley -- social life and customs -- 19th century , mississippi river -- description and travel , mississippi river -- social life and customs -- 19th century , river life -- mississippi river -- history -- 19th century
- ISBN
- 9780873512046
- Date
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.13 MB
- Lang
- en
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.