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THE GREAT WESTERN SERIES




UP THE RIVER

OR

YACHTING ON THE MISSISSIPPI



BY

OLIVER OPTIC


AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD" "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES" "THE
WOODVILLE SERIES" "THE STARRY FLAG SERIES" "THE BOAT CLUB
STORIES" "THE LAKE SHORE SERIES" "THE UPWARD AND
ONWARD SERIES" "THE YACHT CLUB SERIES"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES" ETC.


_WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS_


BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM
1882

COPYRIGHT,
1881,
BY WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,
NO. 4 PEARL STREET.



TO MY YOUNG FRIEND

MINNIE ETHEL ADAMS,

This Book

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.




THE GREAT WESTERN SERIES.


GOING WEST; OR, THE PERILS OF A POOR BOY.

OUT WEST; OR