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Lore Krüger

    Life on the Mississippi
    • 2011

      Life on the Mississippi

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The popular 19th-century humorist offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice steamboat pilot on one of the world's greatest rivers to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Engrossing and entertaining anecdotes by a peerless storyteller from a now-finished chapter of American history.

      Life on the Mississippi