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Tables of Contents for Life on the Mississippi
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The ``Body of the Nation''
x
The River and Its History
1
4
The River and Its Explorers
5
4
Frescoes from the Past
9
10
The Boys' Ambition
19
4
I Want to be a Cub-Pilot
23
3
A Cub-Pilot's Experience
26
5
A Daring Deed
31
5
Perplexing Lessons
36
5
Continued Perplexities
41
5
Completing My Education
46
4
The River Rises
50
5
Sounding
55
5
A Pilot's Needs
60
6
Rank and Dignity of Piloting
66
5
The Pilots' Monopoly
71
8
Racing Days
79
7
Cut-offs and Stephen
86
6
I Take a Few Extra Lessons
92
4
Brown and I Exchange Compliments
96
3
A Catastrophe
99
4
A Section in My Biography
103
1
I Return to My Muttons
104
6
Traveling Incognito
110
2
My Incognito is Exploded
112
4
From Cairo to Hickman
116
4
Under Fire
120
5
Some Imported Articles
125
4
Uncle Mumford Unloads
129
6
A Few Specimen Bricks
135
6
Sketches by the Way
141
6
A Thumb-Print and What Came of It
147
10
The Disposal of a Bonanza
157
3
Refreshments and Ethics
160
4
Tough Yarns
164
1
Vicksburg during the Trouble
165
6
The Professor's Yarn
171
4
The End of the ``Gold Dust''
175
1
The House Beautiful
176
4
Manufactures and Miscreants
180
4
Castles and Culture
184
4
The Metropolis of the South
188
3
Hygiene and Sentiment
191
3
The Art of Inhumation
194
2
City Sights
196
5
Southern Sports
201
6
Enchantments and Enchanters
207
3
``Uncle Remus'' and Mr. Cable
210
1
Sugar and Postage
211
5
Episodes in Pilot Life
216
4
The ``Original Jacobs''
220
4
Reminiscences
224
5
A Burning Brand
229
7
My Boyhood Home
236
4
Past and Present
240
6
A Vendetta and Other Things
246
4
A Question of Law
250
4
An Archangel
254
4
On the Upper River
258
5
Legends and Scenery
263
5
Speculations and Conclusions
268
7
Appendix
275