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Voices on the River
- The Story of the Mississippi Waterways
Engelsk
Bogcover for Voices on the River af Walter Havighurst, 9780816641772
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9780816641772
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0816641773
Udg. Dato:
1 mar 2003
Størrelse i cm:
15,4 x 23,3 x 2,3
Oplagsdato:
1 mar 2003
Forfatter(e):

Voices on the River

- The Story of the Mississippi Waterways
Engelsk
Paperback 2003
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A captivating history of river travelers-now available for the first time in paperback!Voices on the River relates two centuries of tales of famous steamboats and of the men who piloted them, from the renowned Mark Twain to the trailblazing Captain Henry Shreve. The book portrays roustabouts on the main deck, passengers in plush cabins, pilots at the big steering wheel, and government engineers at work in shifting channels. It shows Native American tribes carried to exile; soldiers transported to army posts; artists, scientists, and adventurers on their way to wild country; immigrants thronging river landings where the inland cities rose. Voices on the River follows frontier commerce up the Mississippi River and its two major tributaries, the Ohio and the Missouri. It tells of steamboat speed records, races, and disasters, and of the growing nation in the vast Midwest. This book gathers memories of a wide variety of Mississippi characters to provide an engrossing portrait of the expanse of river life.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9780816641772
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0816641773
Udg. Dato:
1 mar 2003
Størrelse i cm:
15,4 x 23,3 x 2,3
Oplagsdato:
1 mar 2003
Forfatter(e):
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