The Western River Steamboat

by Adam I. Kane

Book Overview

The first Western steamboat was built in 1811 in Pittsburgh, and thousands more were constructed in the years before the Civil War. These waterborne vehicles helped define the nineteenth-century... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585443220
• ISBN13: 9781585443222
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"