Steamboating On the Upper Mississippi [Revised Edition] [VINTAGE 1968]

Petersen, William J.

Verlag: The State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowas City, Iowa, 1968

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition forest green cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering and decorations. Includes Author Dedication; Author's Introduction; List of Illustrations; Notes; References and Index. Illustrated with four sections of black-and-white photographic plates and color illustrated front endpaper Mississippi RIver maps entitled: Some Famous Steamboats & Cargoes - 1823-1832 & Steamboats and & Cargoes, 1833-1860, & rear endpaper maps entitled: RailroadsReach the Mississippi, 1854 -1857 & Locks & Dams in the Towboat Era. "This reprint of Steam-boating on the Upper Mississippi has two new features not contained in the original volume. The first feature is the addition of four 16-page pictorial inserts of photos of steamboats, bills of lading, old woodcuts, and steel engravings. About three-fourths of these are from the author's personal collection and no credit line is given them. The second feature is the four decorative maps appearing in the end covers. It is hoped, in a second volume, to cover the century of river transportation from 1870 to 1970. This second volume would contain such chapters as the grain trade, the rise of the packet companies, steam-boating on Upper Mississippi tributaries, the advent of the railroad, the bridging of the Mississippi, the decline of the packet boats, and the emergence of the excursion boats. In addition, there would be chapters on steamboat personalities and steamboat nomenclature, steamboat boatyards, and the Mississippi in music and song." - excerpt from the Author's Introduction. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005989

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Steamboating On the Upper Mississippi [...

Verlag: The State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowas City, Iowa

Erscheinungsdatum: 1968

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: 2nd Edition