Old times on the upper Mississippi : the recollections of a steamboat pilot from 1854 to 1863 (1909)
Merrick, George Byron, Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Cleveland, Ohio : A.H. Clark Co. · leaf 126
r a cloud. At midnightI was right opposite Savanna. Up to this time Captain Gabberthad been asleep in the cabin, although he was on watch. Wewere carrying neither passengers nor freight, for we were justtaking the boat down to deliver her to her new owners. He ^This was told in 1903. 5 Observe the…
Merrick, George Byron · River life · River boats · Pilots and pilotage · Steam-navigation · Frontier and pioneer life
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