Night Boat to New England, 1815-1900

by Edwin L. Dunbaugh

Book Overview

Taking the subject of much lore as the topic of his book, Dunbaugh has written a carefully researched, comprehensive history of the overnight steamboat on Long Island Sound. In the nineteenth century, these steamboats provided the major means of transportation from New York to ports in southern New England or from Boston north to ports on the coast of Maine. Earlier accounts have either focused on the lore or been heavy with statistical data. Dunbaugh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313277338
• ISBN13: 9780313277337
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"