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Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History (Dover Books on Transportation, Maritime) - Softcover

Hunter, Louis C.; Hunter, Beatrice Jones

 
9780486278636: Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History (Dover Books on Transportation, Maritime)

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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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