The Last Voyage of the Steamer Barnard Clinton

by David Unruh

Captain Culpepper's 235-foot-long sternwheeler, the steamer Barnard Clinton, is going to try to make a record second trip in 1866 to the head of navigation on the Missouri River. The railroads are expanding, and the successful trip of the big steamboat has attracted the attention of some unscrupulous railroad investors. They would like the big steamer to fail, and to this end, they have hired several bad characters to join the steamer on her upriver...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803474016
• ISBN13: 9780803474017
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Length: 186 Pages