


""Up The River: Or Yachting On The Mississippi"" is a novel written by Oliver Optic. The story follows a group of young men who embark on a yachting adventure up the Mississippi River. Along the way, they encounter various challenges and obstacles, including dangerous rapids,...


"Up the River" from William Taylor Adams. Pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic and author (1822-1897).

"Up the River" from Oliver Optic. Noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator (1822-1897).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for...




Excerpt from Up the River: Or Yachting on the Mississippi To his young friends, - some of the earlier of Whom are now middle-aged men and women, with boys and girls of their own, reading the same books their fathers and mothers read a quarter Of a century ago, - to his...


"I don't think it's quite the thing, Alick," said my cousin, Owen Garningham, as we were walking through Bay Street after our return to Jacksonville from the interior of Florida. "What is not quite the thing, Owen?" I inquired, for he had given me no clue to what he was thinking...

Up The River or Yachting on The Mississippi



Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.