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

Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi River Valley; Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel; Merrick, George Byron; River life -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; River boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River -- Biography; Steam-navigation -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Mississippi River -- Social life and customs -- 19th century