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Author:

Havighurst, Walter, 1901-

Title:

Voices on the river : the story of the Mississippi waterways / Walter Havighurst.

Publisher:

Castle Books,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

vii, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shipping--Mississippi River.
Mississippi River--Navigation.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1964. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-297) and index.

Contents:

Index. Prologue : blow for a landmark -- 24. Mississippi sunrise -- 2. Great river -- 3. All the way to Shawneetown -- 4. Six men and an earthquake -- [pt. 2]. Two thousand packets -- 5. Smoke on the rivers -- 6. Captain shreve was there -- 7. Travelers' tales -- 8. River song -- 9. Voyage to exile -- 10. Horizon north -- 11. The way to the future city -- 12. "Cotton pile!" -- 13. Jim Bludso's ghost -- 14. Mark Twain, pilot -- [pt. 3]. The chained river -- 15. The fleet at Pittsburg Landing -- 16. Eads's ironclads -- 17. Guns at Vicksburg -- [pt. 4]. Indian summer -- 18. The splendid packets -- 19. The mountain trip -- 20. Raftsman Jim -- 21. A century of showboats -- [pt. 5]. Towboat river -- 22. Dayboards, buoys and beacons -- 23. The new waterway -- 24. Down to New Orleans -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9780785818380
0785818383

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60823902

Locations:

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)