The Steamboat Era

Author : S.L. Kotar
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456973
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steamboat Era written by S.L. Kotar and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The steamboat evokes images of leisurely travel, genteel gambling, and lively commerce, but behind the romanticized view is an engineering marvel that led the way for the steam locomotive. From the steamboat's development by Robert Fulton to the dawn of the Civil War, the new mode of transportation opened up America's frontiers and created new trade routes and economic centers. Firsthand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accounts of accidents round out this history of the riverboat era.

Author : Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295976914
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Day's Journey written by Carlos A. Schwantes and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schwantes gathers historical photos, advertisements, posters, and contemporary accounts to recreate one of the most colorful periods in the American West. 255 illustrations, 40 in color.

Author : Joan W. Gandy
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048614206X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic Photographs written by Joan W. Gandy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV170 rare and valuable photographs of Mississippi River and its vessels: major steamboats, luxurious interiors, passenger portraits, cargoes, mail boats, capsized ships, much more. Informative text. /div

Author : George MacBeath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboat Days written by George MacBeath and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Gillespie
Publisher : Great River Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780962082320
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Come Hell Or High Water written by Michael Gillespie and published by Great River Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read these fascinating accounts from steamboat passengers, crews and newspapermen from the nineteenth century. This book explores all aspects of steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, from vessel construction to races and accidents.

Author : George MacBeath
Publisher : St. Stephen, N.B. : Print'N Press
ISBN 13 : 9780920732243
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboat Days written by George MacBeath and published by St. Stephen, N.B. : Print'N Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ed Wolff
Publisher : Riverbend
ISBN 13 : 9781606391099
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweeper, Snags, and Steam written by Ed Wolff and published by Riverbend. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the steamboat era in Montana, mid-1800s, 50+ historic photos.

Author : Robert H. Gudmestad
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807138428
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom written by Robert H. Gudmestad and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of the first steamboat, The New Orleans, in early 1812 touched off an economic revolution in the South. In states west of the Appalachian Mountains, the operation of steamboats quickly grew into a booming business that would lead to new cultural practices and a stronger sectional identity. In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, Robert Gudmestad examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market to contributing to slave productivity, increasing the flexibility of labor, and connecting southerners to overlapping orbits of regional, national, and international markets, steamboats not only benefited slaveholders and northern industries but also affected cotton production. This technology literally put people into motion, and travelers developed an array of unique cultural practices, from gambling to boat races. Gudmestad also asserts that the intersection of these riverboats and the environment reveals much about sectional identity in antebellum America. As federal funds backed railroad construction instead of efforts to clear waterways for steamboats, southerners looked to coordinate their own economic development, free of national interests. Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the prewar South.

Author : George H. Moss
Publisher : Ploughshare Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboat to the Shore written by George H. Moss and published by Ploughshare Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis C. Hunter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486157784
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboats on the Western Rivers written by Louis C. Hunter and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly detailed definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development — from construction, equipment, and operation to races, collisions, rise of competition, and ultimate decline of steamboat transportation.