LEADER 03023nam 22005653 450 001 9910784401403321 005 20230313215227.0 010 $a0-8166-9363-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346823 035 $a(EBL)310809 035 $a(OCoLC)476096338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105086 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11114367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105086 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10086058 035 $a(PQKB)11016879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310809 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346823 100 $a20130418d2001|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aA-Rafting on the Mississip' /$fCharles Edward Russell 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) $cillustrations, maps, portraits 225 1 $aFesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8166-3942-6 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $aCHAPTER XVI: WHEN THE JULIA HIT THE BRIDGE CHAPTER 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 330 $aDuring the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the river's many hazards were legendary. Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting. 410 0$aFesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series. 606 $aLumbering$zMississippi River Valley 606 $aLog driving$zMississippi River 606 $aSteam navigation$zMississippi River 615 0$aLumbering 615 0$aLog driving 615 0$aSteam navigation 676 $a634.9/8/0977 676 $a634.980977 700 $aRussell$b Charles Edward$f1860-1941.$0825314 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784401403321 996 $aA-Rafting on the Mississip$93691812 997 $aUNINA