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UNINA9910452186203321 |
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Russell Charles Edward <1860-1941.> |
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Titolo |
A-Rafting on the Mississip' [[electronic resource]] |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Collana |
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Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lumbering |
Lumbering - Mississippi River Valley |
Log driving - Mississippi River |
Steam navigation - Mississippi River |
Earth & Environmental Sciences |
Forestry |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: THE BAD MEN FROM BLACK RIVER; CHAPTER II: HERE COMES THE STEAMBOAT; CHAPTER III: THE PINE-TREE ELDORADO; CHAPTER IV: THE LUMBERJACK; CHAPTER V: CAPTAIN HANKS COMES IN; CHAPTER VI: SO LOG WAS KING; CHAPTER VII: DAYS OF THE GREAT MIGRATION; CHAPTER VIII: THROUGH FIRE, FOG, AND CYCLONE; CHAPTER IX: THE SLUSH COOK FINDS A PICTURE; CHAPTER X: GOOD BUSINESS ON THE LAMARTINE; CHAPTER XI: AFTER TOM DOUGHTY WENT SMASH; CHAPTER XII: RAFTSMAN JIM AT HIS WORST; CHAPTER XIII: OTHER PHASES OF RAFTSMAN JIM; CHAPTER XIV: CAPTAIN PLUCK TAKES CHARGE; CHAPTER XV: THE PILOT AND HIS WAYS |
CHAPTER XVI: WHEN THE JULIA HIT THE BRIDGECHAPTER XVII: THE STEERING-WHEEL GUILD; CHAPTER XVIII: THE MINNIETTA IN A STORM; CHAPTER XIX: MR. HILL, MEET CAPTAIN PLUCK; CHAPTER XX: THE END FROM THE BEGINNING; APPENDICES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down |
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