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

Merrick, George Byron

 
9780873512046: Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0873512049 ISBN 13 : 9780873512046
Editeur : Minnesota Historical Society Pr, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Merrick George Byron

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Présentation de l'éditeur

What was life like on the Mississippi in the good old days? What were the challenges? How was navigation done? Which ships were on the river? These questions and many more are answered by the recollecions of a famous steam boat pilot, George Merrick. This book was first published in 1909.

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Éditeur
Minnesota Historical Society Pr
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0873512049
ISBN 13 
9780873512046
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
323
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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