@book{317, keywords = {boatmen, flatboats, keelboats, Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), Conestoga wagons, gunsmiths}, author = {Zachary Ball}, title = {Young Mike Fink}, abstract = {A novelized biography Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman. Its first five chapters depict his years in Pittsburgh and dramatize tales of his talents for boating, hunting, and fantastic boasting.}, year = {1958}, pages = {196 p.}, publisher = {Holiday House}, address = {New York}, note = {Zachary Ball is a pseudonym of Kelly Ray Masters (1897-1987)
. Mt. Washington is referred to as Coal Hill, as it was then known.}, language = {English}, }