Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi

By William John Petersen

Book Overview

Massive, richly documented history of Mississippi steamboating from voyage of the "Virginia" in 1823 to about 1870. Experiments of Robert Fulton, steamboats as cargo carriers, steamboats in Indian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00D3SSA08
• ISBN13: 9781131055428
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: State Historical Soc of Iowa
• Length: 575 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.