Chapter 3: Frescoes from the Past
Early Navigation A Lumber Raft I Swum Along the Raft He Jumped Up in the Air Went Around in a Circle He Knocked them Sprawling An Old-Fashioned Break-Down The Mysterious Barrel Soon there was a Regular Storm The Lightening Killed Two Men Grabbed the Little Child Ed Got Up Mad Who Are You Charles William Allbright, Sir Back in the Water

Early commerce on the Mississippi River and a chapter originally written for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a profile on the raftsmen. This chapter also contains an interesting bit of dialog regarding geophagy.

Reading Date
May 31, 2011
SL Venue
Fate Gardens