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9781585443437

The Western River Steamboat

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    9781585443437

  • ISBN10:

    1585443433

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-03-01
  • Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Author Biography

Adam I. Kane works as a nautical archaeologist at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vermont

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xi
Foreword, by Alan L. Bates xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
1. Westward, Onboard a Steamboat 3(30)
2. Steamboat Archaeology 33(11)
3. An Unpromising Beginning: Steamboats, 1811-20 44(15)
4. Trial, Error, and Adaptation: Steamboats, 1820-35 59(25)
5. Colonizing the West: Steamboats, 1835-60 84(42)
6. Conclusions 126(5)
Appendix 1. Western River Steamboat Construction and Tonnage, 1811-80 131(2)
Appendix 2. Table of Steamboat Measurements from 1850 133(12)
Glossary 145(8)
Notes 153(14)
Bibliography 167(10)
Illustration Credits 177(4)
Index 181

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