Old Times on the Upper Mississippi
- Subtitle
- The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
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1. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi2. Illustrations3. Prelude4. Chapter I Early Impressions5. Chapter II Indians, Dugouts, and Wolves6. Chapter III On the Levee at Prescott7. Chapter IV In the Engine-room8. Chapter V The Engineer9. Chapter VI The "Mud" Clerk[2]—Comparative Honors10. Chapter VII Wooding Up11. Chapter VIII The Mate12. Chapter IX The "Old Man"13. Chapter X The Pilots and Their Work14. Chapter XI Knowing the River15. Chapter XII The Art of Steering16. Chapter XIII An Initiation17. Chapter XIV Early Pilots18. Chapter XV Incidents of River Life19. Chapter XVI Mississippi Menus20. Chapter XVII Bars and Barkeepers21. Chapter XVIII Gamblers and Gambling22. Chapter XIX Steamboat Racing23. Chapter XX Music and Art24. Chapter XXI Steamboat Bonanzas25. Chapter XXII Wild-cat Money and Town-sites26. Chapter XXIII A Pioneer Steamboatman27. Chapter XXIV A Versatile Commander; Wreck of the "Equator"28. Chapter XXV A Stray Nobleman29. Chapter XXVI In War Time30. Chapter XXVII At Fort Ridgeley31. Chapter XXVIII Improving the River32. Chapter XXIX Killing Steamboats33. Chapter XXX Living It Over Again34. Appendix A List of Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi River, 1823-186335. Appendix B Opening of Navigation at St. Paul, 1844-186236. Appendix C Table of Distances from St. Louis37. Appendix D Improvement of the Upper Mississippi, 1866-187638. Appendix E Indian Nomenclature and Legends39. Index