Sandbars and Sternwheelers: Steam Navigation on the Brazos

By Pamela A. Puryear, Nath Winfield, Nath Winfield Jr.

Nature never intended the Brazos River for navigation, but before the coming of the railroads Brazos steamboats were a necessary, if always erratic, form of transport. And there were men to meet the challenge. One captain, heedless of shallows, shoals, snags, and falls, boasted that he could tap a keg and run a boat four miles on the suds. Based on rich archival sources, this authoritative and entertaining book tells of the men and boats that braved the river from the earliest days to the late 1890s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585440582
• ISBN13: 9781585440580
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"