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Portraits of the Riverboats | 
 enlarge | Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Category: Book
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 213515
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 9.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1571454934
Dewey Decimal Number: 386.2204
EAN: 9781571454935
ASIN: 1571454934
Publication Date: May 1, 2001
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Product Description
Whether called a riverboat, paddleboat, sternwheeler, or showboat, the steamboat revolutionized river travel between 1810 and the Civil War. Greatly advancing commerce and travel, these floating mansions provided a romanticism and color which has long since disappeared. This superb volume describes a world in which every boy along the Mississippi yearned to become a river pilot, and every levee was crowded with goods waiting to be loaded onto steamboats, a world in which the elite of society rubbed shoulders with gamblers in the luxury of mighty river cruises.
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Breathtaking photography June 22, 2003
Cheryl A. Enyart (Gallipolis, Ohio United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The potraits of the riverboats are phenominal. A great work of history to go with the wonderful black and white photos of some of the giants in the history of river traffic. You will not be disappointed in your purchase of this wonderful book. More than a coffee table book it is an adventure into one of the most fascinatiing eras of history
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