Robert E. Lee 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11, 13–18, 35–47,
11 5, 167–194
Roosevelt, Lydia Latrobe 65–76
Roosevelt, Nicholas J. 51, 56, 65–76, 79 roustabouts 120–121, 124, 168
St. Genevieve, Mo. 32, 182
St. Louis, Mo. 4, 6–7, 13, 15, 32–34, 74–
79, 101–102, 104, 117, 129, 154, 161, 176–
178, 180–181, 183, 185–192, 194–195 St. Louis Democrat 183, 185–186, 188 St. Louis Republican 3, 41–43, 88, 168,
174–175, 178–179, 181, 187
St. Mary’s Market 18, 35, 47, 174
Schoolcraft, Henry R. 23–24
Scott, Alex 129
Shreve, Henry Miller 78–87, 147
slaves 109, 117–118
Smyth, A.W. 109, 117–118
snags 154
soundings 121–123
statistics, steamboat 93–97
Stevens, John 51, 65, 91
stewards 125–127, 140–142
Sultana 159–166, 173
Teche 145
Thompson Dean 171
Tobin, John W. 10, 168
Trollope, Frances 29
Vicksburg, Miss. 30, 46–47, 148, 160–161,
167
waiters 127
Warmoth, Henry C. 16, 35–38, 168 Washington 83–87, 147
water, drinking 106
Watt, James 50–51, 54, 60
Wiest, John 39–40, 176, 180–181
Table of Contents
Chapter Notes
Introduction 1
1•The Start 3
2 • The Course 19
3 • The Early Going 35
4 • The Pioneers 49
5 • A Different Kind of Boat 65
6 • Captain Shreve’s Design 77
7 • The Proliferation 89
8 • The Sweet Life on the Mississippi 101
9 • The Hard-Working Life 117
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