A-rafting on the Mississip'
By: Charles Edward Russell.
Publisher: Century Co.
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Lumbering -- Mississippi River Valley; Steam-navigation -- Mississippi River; Mississippi River
Other titles: Rafting on the Mississip'.
Description: 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 virtually treeless 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 lumber rafting.
Notes: Contains music.
Includes bibliographical references and index.