Louis C Hunter: 1 book
Steamboats on the Western Rivers
An Economic and Technological History
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
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.
