Duane, The Elmira Center for Mark Twain Studies published a small book about the Pilot's Association (and the later Western Boatman's Benevolent Association) in its Quarry Farm Volume series: Edgar M. Branch, _Mark Twain and the Starchy Boys_ (Elmira: Elmira Center for Mark Twain Studies, 1992). It can still be ordered from the Center. See the Quarry Farm Volumes section at the bottom of its publication list at: http://www.elmira.edu/academics/MarkTwain/mt_publications.shtml Jim Zwick