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This memoir captures the romance and rigor of the authors youth as a cub pilot learning the intricate shifting currents of the Mississippi River He describes the river not just as a body of water but as a living formidable character that demands respect and mastery The latter part of the book recounts a return trip lamenting the loss of the steamboat era to the railroads It is a nostalgic and vivid history of a vanished American way of life...Seguir leyendo