Old Times on the Mississippi |
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| Author:
| Twain, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4191-3818-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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And then if you will go on until you know every street crossing, the character, size, and position of the crossing-stones, and the varying depth of mud in each of those numberless places, you will have some idea of what the pilot must know in order to keep a Mississippi steamer out of trouble. Next, if you will take half of the signs in that long street, and change their places once a month, and still manage to know their new positions accurately on dark nights. and keep up with these...
More DescriptionAnd then if you will go on until you know every street crossing, the character, size, and position of the crossing-stones, and the varying depth of mud in each of those numberless places, you will have some idea of what the pilot must know in order to keep a Mississippi steamer out of trouble. Next, if you will take half of the signs in that long street, and change their places once a month, and still manage to know their new positions accurately on dark nights. and keep up with these repeated changes without making any mistakes, you will understand what is required of a pilot's peerless memory by the fickle Mississippi.