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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100747811415

ISBN-139780747811411

eBay Product ID (ePID)126000372

Product Key Features

Original LanguageEnglish

Book TitleSteamboats : Icons of America's Rivers

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicGeneral, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, United States / General

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, History

AuthorSara Wright

Book SeriesShire Library USA Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number681

Dewey Decimal386.22436

SynopsisPaddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s. This title looks at the people who played key roles in the development of the steam engine and paddle boats, including the important part played by the many African Americans who worked the river., 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., Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s, an era in which young boys dreamed of becoming river pilots and Mark Twain forever memorialized the "Delta Queens" that travelled up and down the Mississippi River. Steamboat enthusiast Sara Wright provides a background into the historical events that made the era perfectly ripe for the development of the steamboat industry in America in this colorful history. Steamboats will look at the people who played key roles in the development of the steam engine and paddle boats, including the important part played by the many African Americans who worked the river. Wright also examines the technology of these floating mansions, from firebaskets and cannons, to radars and whistles, to steam pressure gauges and other innovations., Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s, an era in which young boys dreamed of becoming river pilots and Mark Twain forever memorialized the Delta Queens that travelled up and down the Mississippi River. Steamboat enthusiast Sara Wright provides a background into the historical events that made the era perfectly ripe for the development of the steamboat industry in America in this colorful history. "Steamboats" will look at the people who played key roles in the development of the steam engine and paddle boats, including the important part played by the many African Americans who worked the river. Wright also examines the technology of these floating mansions, from firebaskets and cannons, to radars and whistles, to steam pressure gauges and other innovations.

LC Classification NumberHE566.P3