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

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

George Byron Merrick

Publisher: e-artnow

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This book written by George Byron Merrick is an excellent treatise on Mississippi River steam boating. This work gives a first-hand account of life on the Upper Mississippi particularly the steamboat trade.
Available since: 11/23/2023.
Print length: 271 pages.

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