Historic Photos of Steamboats on the Mississippi - 9781596525429
Un libro in lingua di Shapiro Dean M. edito da Turner Pub Co, 2009
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From the earliest rudimentary conveyances to the floating palaces of the present day, a period of 200 years, steamboats have carved out a very special place in American history, especially along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, where they brought passengers, cargo, mail, entertainment, and news?both good and bad?to the settlements of a still-developing nation. With paddle-wheels churning, tall smokestacks billowing, calliopes singing, and steam whistles sounding, the steamboats of the Mighty Mississippi proudly ruled the river. Some offered all the comforts of home (and more); others did the work for the industries that transformed the United States into the industrial giant it became. They carried presidents and kings, socialites and commoners, cotton and coal, lumber and steel. They enabled some of our nation's major cities to grow and flourish. Told through historic photographs in these pages, the story of steamboats that plied the Mississippi and the glorious era they symbolized is vividly captured and enshrined for generations to come.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Historic Photos of Steamboats on the Mississippi
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Shapiro Dean M.
- Editore: Turner Pub Co
- Collana: Turner Pub Co (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 24 Novembre '09
- Genere: Lingua Inglese
- Argomenti : Steamboats Mississippi River History Pictorial works River steamers Mississippi River History Pictorial works River life Mississippi River History Pictorial works
- Pagine: 206
- Peso gr: 1245
- Dimensioni mm: 254 x 254 x 6
- ISBN-10: 1596525428
- EAN-13: 9781596525429