Steamboats : Icons of America’s Rivers Paperback / softback
by Sara Wright
Part of the Shire Library USA series
Paperback / softback
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Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler: in all its myriad forms, the steamboat revolutionized American travel in the 1800s, taking millions of people inland and helping to settle and develop the vast territories beyond the original colonies.
It was an era in which young boys dreamed of becoming steamboat pilots and Mark Twain immortalized the “floating palaces” that traveled up and down the Mississippi River.
In this fascinating history, Sara Wright explains the factors that made the era perfect for the development of the steam engine and paddle boat, taking the reader far beyond the romantic image and revealing the steamboat as a vital and essential force in the development of the nation.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 80 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/05/2013
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- ISBN:9780747811411
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 80 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/05/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780747811411
