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

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George Byron Merrick's memoir captures the vanishing world of Mississippi steamboats through the eyes of a riverboat pilot, preserving the voices, codes, and brotherhood of workers whose expertise shaped American commerce and expansion. His recollections offer an intimate, often humorous portrait of hard-living men gambling their lives on treacherous waters.

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