Life on the Mississippi
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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE 'BODY OF THE NATION'
Chapter 1
The River and Its History
Chapter 2
The River and Its Explorers
Chapter 3
Frescoes from the Past
Chapter 4
The Boys' Ambition
Chapter 5
I Want to be a Cub-pilot
Chapter 6
A Cub-pilot's Experience
Chapter 7
A Daring Deed
Chapter 8
Perplexing Lessons
Chapter 9
Continued Perplexities
Chapter 10
Completing My Education
Chapter 11
The River Rises
Chapter 12
Sounding
Chapter 13
A Pilot's Needs
Chapter 14
Rank and Dignity of Piloting
Chapter 15
The Pilots' Monopoly
Chapter 16
Racing Days
Chapter 17
Cut-offs and Stephen
Chapter 18
I Take a Few Extra Lessons
Chapter 19
Brown and I Exchange Compliments
Chapter 20
A Catastrophe
Chapter 21
A Section in My Biography
Chapter 22
I Return to My Muttons
Chapter 23
Traveling Incognito
Chapter 24
My Incognito is Exploded
Chapter 25
From Cairo to Hickman
Chapter 26
Under Fire
THE PILOT'S FIRST BATTLE
Chapter 27
Some Imported Articles
Chapter 28
Uncle Mumford Unloads
Chapter 29
A Few Specimen Bricks
Chapter 30
Sketches by the Way
Chapter 31
A Thumb-print and What Came of It
Chapter 32
The Disposal of a Bonanza
Chapter 33
Refreshments and Ethics
Chapter 34
Tough Yarns
Chapter 35
Vicksburg During the Trouble
Chapter 36
The Professor's Yarn
Chapter 37
The End of the 'Gold Dust'
Chapter 38
The House Beautiful
Chapter 39
Manufactures and Miscreants
Chapter 40
Castles and Culture
Chapter 41
The Metropolis of the South
Chapter 42
Hygiene and Sentiment
Chapter 43
The Art of Inhumation
Chapter 44
City Sights
Chapter 45
Southern Sports
Chapter 46
Enchantments and Enchanters
Chapter 47
Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
Chapter 48
Sugar and Postage
Chapter 49
Episodes in Pilot Life
Chapter 50
The 'Original Jacobs'
Chapter 51
Reminiscences
Chapter 52
A Burning Brand
Chapter 53
My Boyhood's Home
Chapter 54
Past and Present
Chapter 55
A Vendetta and Other Things
Chapter 56
A Question of Law
Chapter 57
An Archangel
Chapter 58
On the Upper River
Chapter 59
Legends and Scenery
Chapter 60
Speculations and Conclusions
APPENDIX
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