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Peep Light : Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain
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Title
Peep Light : Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain / Lee Hendrix.
ISBN
9781496848147
9781496848185
9781496850362
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2024.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Most people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. But every year, millions of tons of cargo are transported by towboats on the river. In Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain, Captain Lee Hendrix provides unique insight on people who work and live on and near the Mississippi River. Hendrix, formerly a pilot for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., has worked on the Mississippi for fifty years, first as a towboat deckhand in 1972 and eventually as a pilot of towboats and passenger vessels. For Hendrix and others like him, he is at home on the river, living and dining with the same people they work with, working with familiar faces for years at a time and yet meeting new people every day. Demonstrating a fascination not only with the river but also with the passions and dreams of those who live and work on it, these stories range from personal reflections on aging, experiencing one's first night on the river and the complex emotions that come with it, working on the deck, promotion to pilot, the characters working aboard these boats, and the history of the river itself. Peep Light unites humans with the river through engaging storytelling and sheds light on Hendrix's rare experience along one of the most powerful and important waterways in the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2024.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2024
Contents
Cover
PEEP LIGHT
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Riverboat Glossary
Prologue
CHAPTER 1 Between the Sticks
CHAPTER 2 One Good Deckhand Can Pull a Dead Man from the River
CHAPTER 3 Deadly Decks
CHAPTER 4 Splicin' Line
CHAPTER 5 A Warm Cup of Coffee
CHAPTER 6 An Insignificant Participant in River History
CHAPTER 7 Lock on the Head
CHAPTER 8 The Search for the Lock and Dam that Never Was
CHAPTER 9 Out Here, Man, a Lot of Stuff Can Go Wrong
CHAPTER 10 Jimmy Dan
CHAPTER 11 Sounding Machine
CHAPTER 12 Hubie and the Hawk
CHAPTER 13 Ain't No Such Thing as a Purty Bridge
CHAPTER 14 Connecting People with the River
CHAPTER 15 Sharing a Passion for the River
CHAPTER 16 Of Time and the River
CHAPTER 17 Reflections on the 1993 Flood
CHAPTER 18 Just Havin' a License Don't Make a Man No Pilot
CHAPTER 19 An Unscheduled Pit Stop
CHAPTER 20 Maneuvering an Elephant in a Bathtub
CHAPTER 21 Eulogy to a Legend
CHAPTER 22 Government Fleet Blues
CHAPTER 23 The Kingfish and the Combat Zone
EPILOGUE A True Friend of the River
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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