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Steamboating On The Upper Mississippi
William J. Petersen

Steamboating On The Upper Mississippi

Courier Dover Publications (Jan 19, 1996)
9780486288444
660 pages | 137 x 216 mm
Dewey 977
LC Classification F353 .P47 1995
LC Control No. 95033669

Subject

  • Mississippi River
  • Mississippi River - Commerce
  • Mississippi River - History
  • River Steamboats
  • River Steamers - Mississippi River

Plot

Massive, richly documented history of Mississippi steamboating from voyage of the Virginia in 1823 to about 1870. Experiments of Robert Fulton, steamboats as cargo carriers, steamboats in Indian affairs, during the Civil War, much more. Over 130 illustrations, including numerous rare 19th-century photographs and engravings, maps and other documentation. Introduction. Notes and References.

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