Up the River

Up the River

Oliver Optic, Noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator (1822-1897)


This ebook presents «Up the River», from Oliver Optic. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Preface

- In Captain Boomsby's Saloon

- Four Thousand Dollars

- Adieu To The Boomsbys

- Nick Boomsby Has Aspirations

- The Strange Movement Of The Islander

- A Lively Chase

- A Fog Off The Florida Coast

- A Port In A Storm

- A Visit From An Old Acquaintance

- Intelligence Of The Islander

- Difficult Navigation

- The Calamity On French Reef

- A Night Lost In The Storm

- Looking For The Islander

- A Partial Solution Of The Mystery

- Across The Gulf Of Mexico

- The Sylvania In Ambush

- How Nick Boomsby Managed His Case

- A Search For The Lost Treasure

- The Theory And The Facts

- Up The Mississippi

- The Islander In A Bad Fix

- An Embarrassing Situation

- A Crevasse On The Mississippi

- Sailing Across The Fields

- A Desperate Struggle With The Rushing Waters

- The Planter And His Family

- A Distinguished Passenger

- Up The River For Many Days

- Up Another River And Home Again