User:Lahaun

I was born and raised on the Mississippi. I was enslaved at an early age as a printer's devil, but soon escaped to the river, where I eventually qualified as a riverboat pilot. Hearing of Gold! Gold! from the American River!, I went west to establish myself as a failed miner, then newspaperman, traveler, author and lecturer. I have a healthy respect for Halley's Comet.

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