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NoteIntroduction1. Chapter 1 - The River and Its History2. Chapter 2 - The River and Its Explorers3. Chapter 3 - Frescoes from the Past4. Chapter 4 - The Boys' Ambition5. Chapter 5 - I Want to be a Cub-pilot6. Chapter 6 - A Cub-pilot's Experience7. Chapter 7 - A Daring Deed8. Chapter 8 - Perplexing Lessons9. Chapter 9 - Continued Perplexities10. Chapter 10 - Completing My Education11. Chapter 11 - The River Rises12. Chapter 12 - Sounding13. Chapter 13 - A Pilot's Needs14. Chapter 14 - Rank and Dignity of Piloting15. Chapter 15 - The Pilots' Monopoly16. Chapter 16 - Racing Days17. Chapter 17 - Cut-offs and Stephen18. Chapter 18 - I Take a Few Extra Lessons19. Chapter 19 - Brown and I Exchange Compliments20. Chapter 20 - A Catastrophe21. Chapter 21 - A Section in My Biography22. Chapter 22 - I Return to My Muttons23. Chapter 23 - Traveling Incognito24. Chapter 24 - My Incognito is Exploded25. Chapter 25 - From Cairo to Hickman26. Chapter 26 - Under Fire27. Chapter 27 - Some Imported Articles28. Chapter 28 - Uncle Mumford Unloads29. Chapter 29 - A Few Specimen Bricks30. Chapter 30 - Sketches by the Way31. Chapter 31 - A Thumb-print and What Came of It32. Chapter 32 - The Disposal of a Bonanza33. Chapter 33 - Refreshments and Ethics34. Chapter 34 - Tough Yarns35. Chapter 35 - Vicksburg During the Trouble36. Chapter 36 - The Professor's Yarn37. Chapter 37 - The End of the 'Gold Dust'38. Chapter 38 - The House Beautiful39. Chapter 39 - Manufactures and Miscreants40. Chapter 40 - Castles and Culture41. Chapter 41 - The Metropolis of the South42. Chapter 42 - Hygiene and Sentiment43. Chapter 43 - The Art of Inhumation44. Chapter 44 - City Sights45. Chapter 45 - Southern Sports46. Chapter 46 - Enchantments and Enchanters47. Chapter 47 - Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable48. Chapter 48 - Sugar and Postage49. Chapter 49 - Episodes in Pilot Life50. Chapter 50 - The 'Original Jacobs'51. Chapter 51 - Reminiscences52. Chapter 52 - A Burning Brand53. Chapter 53 - My Boyhood's Home54. Chapter 54 - Past and Present55. Chapter 55 - A Vendetta and Other Things56. Chapter 56 - A Question of Law57. Chapter 57 - An Archangel58. Chapter 58 - On the Upper River59. Chapter 59 - Legends and Scenery60. Chapter 60 - Speculations and Conclusions