Chapter 4: The Boys' Ambition
Our Permanent Ambition Water Street Clerks All Go Hurrying to the Wharf The Town Drunkard Asleep Once More A Shining Hero Day Dreams

All the boys in town, on the banks of the Mississippi River, grow up with an ambition of going on the river.  At first merely being a cabin boy or a deck hand is honor enough.  But finally, the aspiration of being a pilot surfaces and nothing else will do.  Young Sam runs away from home at 13 years of age in search of a place on a riverboat.

Reading Date
May 10, 2011
SL Venue
Fate Gardens