Project Gutenberg 2014-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 80 Waugh, W. F. (William Francis) 1849 Waugh, William F. (William Francis) Waugh, William Francis 04032328 The Houseboat Book: The Log of a Cruise from Chicago to New Orleans Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Houseboat Book: The Log of a Cruise from Chicago to New Orleans" by W. F. Waugh is a travelogue written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author’s adventurous journey aboard a houseboat as he travels from Chicago down the rivers to New Orleans, detailing not only the physical journey but also the preparations, trials, and experiences encountered along the way. The narrative captures the charm of river travel, familial companionship, and the natural beauty of the American waterways. The opening of the narrative introduces the protagonist, a doctor seeking a transformative escape from his demanding life, who dreams of a relaxed existence on a houseboat. As preparations begin, he encounters numerous challenges, including sourcing a suitable boat and gathering information on houseboat travel, revealing both his enthusiasm and the chaos of logistics involved. The beginning sets a tone of optimism tempered by humor and reality, drawing readers into the foundational experiences that will define their journey through the vast and often unpredictable American river systems. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44656/44656-h/images/cover.jpg en Mississippi River -- Description and travel Illinois -- Description and travel F350.5 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 263894 263904 2024-09-18T17:23:37.125814 2023-09-19T12:47:55.418142 text/html text/html 265624 2014-01-13T07:36:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 679011 2014-01-13T07:39:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 660404 2024-09-18T17:23:41.449817 application/epub+zip 660954 2024-09-18T17:23:37.866812 application/epub+zip 160311 2024-09-18T17:23:37.484844 application/epub+zip 754415 2024-09-18T17:23:44.667819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 716568 2024-09-18T17:23:41.050803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217555 2022-09-20T11:35:08.344147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238935 238745 2024-09-18T17:23:36.636829 2023-09-19T12:47:54.989111 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 238720 2014-01-13T07:36:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 94222 2014-01-13T07:39:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238735 2014-01-13T07:39:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 94219 2014-01-13T07:39:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20225 2024-09-18T17:23:44.807767 application/rdf+xml 17471 2024-09-18T17:23:37.572810 image/jpeg 1942 2024-09-18T17:23:37.528827 image/jpeg 680371 2024-09-18T17:23:37.177837 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog