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1) The rivermen
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Language
English
Description
Traces the history of transportation on the Missouri River in the nineteenth century and its impact on the development of the West.
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English
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Description
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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Report / 116th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 116-299
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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