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Part memoir and part travelogue, this book recounts the author's early days as a steamboat pilot on the great river before the Civil War. It vividly describes the golden age of steamboating, the intricate science of piloting, and the colorful characters who worked the waters. The second half contrasts this nostalgia with a return trip years later, observing the changes wrought by war and railroads. It is a loving tribute to the majesty and danger of the Mississippi River.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Psychology
Length15 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The ‘Body Of The Nation’
33Chapter 32. The Disposal Of A Bonanza
2Chapter 1. The River And Its History
34Chapter 33. Refreshments And Ethics
3Chapter 2. The River And Its Explorers
35Chapter 34. Tough Yarns
4Chapter 3. Frescoes From The Past
36Chapter 35. Vicksburg During The Trouble
5Chapter 4. The Boys’ Ambition
37Chapter 36. The Professor’s Yarn
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6Chapter 5. I Want To Be A Cub-Pilot
38Chapter 37. The End Of The ‘Gold Dust’
7Chapter 6. A Cub-Pilot’s Experience
39Chapter 38. The House Beautiful
8Chapter 7. A Daring Deed
40Chapter 39. Manufactures And Miscreants
9Chapter 8. Perplexing Lessons
41Chapter 40. Castles And Culture
10Chapter 9. Continued Perplexities
42Chapter 41. The Metropolis Of The South
11Chapter 10. Completing My Education
43Chapter 42. Hygiene And Sentiment
12Chapter 11. The River Rises
44Chapter 43. The Art Of Inhumation
13Chapter 12. Sounding
45Chapter 44. City Sights
14Chapter 13. A Pilot’s Needs
46Chapter 45. Southern Sports
15Chapter 14. Rank And Dignity Of Piloting
47Chapter 46. Enchantments And Enchanters
16Chapter 15. The Pilots’ Monopoly
48Chapter 47. Uncle Remus And Mr. Cable
17Chapter 16. Racing Days
49Chapter 48. Sugar And Postage
18Chapter 17. Cut-Offs And Stephen
50Chapter 49. Episodes In Pilot Life
19Chapter 18. I Take A Few Extra Lessons
51Chapter 50. The ‘Original Jacobs’
20Chapter 19. Brown And I Exchange Compliments
52Chapter 51. Reminiscences
21Chapter 20. A Catastrophe
53Chapter 52. A Burning Brand
22Chapter 21. A Section In My Biography
54Chapter 53. My Boyhood’s Home
23Chapter 22. I Return To My Muttons
55Chapter 54. Past And Present
24Chapter 23. Traveling Incognito
56Chapter 55. A Vendetta And Other Things
25Chapter 24. My Incognito Is Exploded
57Chapter 56. A Question Of Law
26Chapter 25. From Cairo To Hickman
58Chapter 57. An Archangel
27Chapter 26. Under Fire
59Chapter 58. On The Upper River
28Chapter 27. Some Imported Articles
60Chapter 59. Legends And Scenery
29Chapter 28. Uncle Mumford Unloads
61Chapter 60. Speculations And Conclusions
30Chapter 29. A Few Specimen Bricks
62Appendix
31Chapter 30. Sketches By The Way
63IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
32Chapter 31. A Thumb-Print And What Came Of It
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