03186nam 22006493u 450 991045218620332120210108141652.00-8166-9363-3(CKB)1000000000346823(EBL)310809(OCoLC)476096338(SSID)ssj0000105086(PQKBManifestationID)11114367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105086(PQKBWorkID)10086058(PQKB)11016879(MiAaPQ)EBC310809(EXLCZ)99100000000034682320130418d2001|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrA-Rafting on the Mississip'[electronic resource]Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press20011 online resource (403 p.)Fesler-Lampert Minnesota HeritageDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-3942-6 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 WAYSCHAPTER 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; INDEXDuring the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the river's many hazards were legendary. Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting.Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.LumberingLumberingMississippi River ValleyLog drivingMississippi RiverSteam navigationMississippi RiverEarth & Environmental SciencesHILCCForestryHILCCElectronic books.Lumbering.LumberingLog drivingSteam navigationEarth & Environmental SciencesForestry634.9/8/0977634.980977Russell Charles Edward1860-1941.825314AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910452186203321A-Rafting on the Mississip2069044UNINA