Public-domain book · George Byron Merrick
Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of… by George Byron Merrick is about 100,367 words — roughly 348 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 7 h 2 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 400 | 476 | 586 | 1.072 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 330 | 398 | 456 | 0.896 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 290 | 348 | 410 | 0.784 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 270 | 332 | 388 | 0.748 in |
Based on an estimated 100,367 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi River Valley; Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel; Merrick, George Byron; River life -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; River boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River -- Biography; Steam-navigation -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Mississippi River -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #47262) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.