Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse

by Michael Allen

Book Overview

Western Rivermen, the first documented sociocultural history of its subject, is a fascinating book. Michael Allen explores the rigorous lives of professional boatmen who plied non-steam vessels--flatboats, keelboats, and rafts--on the Ohio and lower Mississippi rivers from 1763-1861.

Allen first considers the mythical "half horse, half alligator" boatmen who were an integral part of the folklore of the time. Americans of the Jacksonian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807119075
• ISBN13: 9780807119075
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"