| Old Times On The Mississippi Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162677066 ISBN-13: 9781162677064 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Travel | United States - South - West South Central (ar, La, Ok, Tx) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.35 lbs) 84 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: And then if you will go on until you know every street crossing, the character, size, and position of the crossing-stones, and the varying depth of mud in each of those numberless places, you will have some idea of what the pilot must know in order to keep a Mississippi steamer out of trouble. Next, if you will take half of the signs in that long street, and change their places once a month, and still manage to know their new positions accurately on dark nights. and keep up with these repeated changes without making any mistakes, you will understand what is required of a pilot's peerless memory by the fickle Mississippi. |
