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Definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development: its construction, equipment and operation; the organization and conduct of steamboat transportation as a business enterprise; the hazards and amenities of shipboard life; steamboat races on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; collisions, explosions and fires; the rise of competition; the ultimate decline, and much more.
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A good reprint on non-acidic paper (holders of the original take note) of the Harvard University Press edition of 1949. Solid history of the carrier that helped eclipse canal boats and suffered their fate when rails were laid. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History (Dover Maritime)
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Revised Edition. Very good- paperback copy (NOT ex-library). Revised and enlarged edition, with 15 halftones, 15 line illustrations, index, references, footnotes, foreword, and introduction by John H. White. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Remainder mark on bottom edge, light bit of wear to corners. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 336806
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, softcover, VG in green and blue pictorial wraps. 684 pp. including index. Definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development: its construction, equipment and operation; the organization and conduct of steamboat transportation as a business enterprise; the hazards and amenities of shipboard life; steamboat races on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; collisions, explosions and fires; the rise of competition; the ultimate decline, and much more. Book. Seller Inventory # 71327
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