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