Afloat on the James (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Author, Unknown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332097669 ISBN 13: 9781332097661

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Afloat on the James

For nearly two centuries the inevitable struggle, which everywhere ar tends the effacement of an old race by a newer strain, continued. The al luvial valley of the James became the garden of the South. The splendid homes of cultured and influential planters, whose negroes were uncount able, were famous for storied hospitality in a period of political and social sunshine, but the clouds of adversity grayed the Virginia horizon when the Erie canal was finished and western bread-stuffs filled the seaboard mar kets. The storm burst in 1861 and then another chapter, the greatest inthe eventful annals of the River of History was written. The ivy clam bered unhindered over stately portals the tempest of warfare swept across this pleasant scene and left it desolate. This book is the story of a revival.

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Excerpt from Afloat on the James

For many years a single steamboat, the staunch old ariel, has main tained a regular tri-weekly route between Richmond and the ports upon Hampton Roads. From her decks tens of thousands of old soldiers of botharmies have looked again upon the scenes of battle and march in which they once participated. Numerous tourists hibernating to the resorts of Old Point Comfort, Virginia Beach and the far South have gone or returned by this pleasant voyage of a day, while local travel and freightage has de pended upon the ariel for transit at nearly thirty landings along the river.

Recently the Virginia Navigation Company, owners of the ariel, was reorganized. Plenty of capital was enlisted and the splendid new steamer pocahontas, a veritable princess of the river, was built and placed in ser vice. The increase in first-class and local travel was large and immediate.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332097669
• ISBN 13: 9781332097661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 99