The Houseboat Book

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

The Houseboat Book
The Log of a Cruise from Chicago to New Orleans

CONTENTS
I. Prelude
II. Gathering Information
III. Preparations
IV. The First Shipwreck
V. The Canal
VI. The Illinois River
VII. Building the Boat
VIII. The Lower Illinois
IX. Towing
X. St. Louis
XI. The Mississippi
XII. Cairo and the Ohio
XIII. Duck Shooting
XIV. Snagged in Tennessee Chute
XV. Mooring
XVI. A Levee Camp
XVII. Vicksburg
XVIII. River Pirates
XIX. The Atchafalaya
XX. Melville. Deer Hunting
XXI. Baton Rouge. The Panther
XXII. The Bobcat
XXIII. Ascending the Atchafalaya
XXIV. Ducking at Catahoula Lake
XXV. Some Louisiana Folks
XXVI. From Winter to Summer in a Day
XXVII. Voyage Ended
XXVIII. Dangers and Delights
XXIX. Results