Download or read book Mississippi Steamboatin written by Herbert Quick and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mississippi Steamboatin A History of Steamboating on the Mississippi and Its Tributaries With Plates written by John Herbert QUICK (and QUICK (Edward)) and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Come Hell Or High Water written by Michael Gillespie and published by Great River Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read these fascinating accounts from steamboat passengers, crews and newspapermen from the nineteenth century. This book explores all aspects of steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, from vessel construction to races and accidents.

Download or read book Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi written by William J. Petersen and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1996-01-19 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Massive, richly documented study of Mississippi steamboating from 1823 to about 1870. Steamboats as cargo carriers, in Indian affairs, during Civil War, much more. Over 130 illustrations.

Download or read book The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic Photographs written by Joan W. Gandy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV170 rare and valuable photographs of Mississippi River and its vessels: major steamboats, luxurious interiors, passenger portraits, cargoes, mail boats, capsized ships, much more. Informative text. /div

Download or read book Old Times on the Upper Mississippi written by George Byron Merrick and published by Cleveland, O. : A.H. Clark Company, 1909 [c1908]. This book was released on 1909 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: [Cleveland, OH]: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909.

Download or read book Mississippi Steamboatin a History of Steamboating on the Mississippi and Its Tributaries by Herbert Quick and Edward Quick written by Herbert Quick and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Great American Steamboat Race written by Benton Rain Patterson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running from New Orleans to St. Louis in the summer of 1870, the race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez remains the world's most famous steamboat race. This book tells the story of the dramatic contest, which was won by the stripped-down, cargoless Robert E. Lee after three days, 18 hours, and 14 minutes of steaming through day, night and fog. The Natchez finished the race only hours later, having been delayed by carrying her normal load and tying up overnight because of the intense fog. Providing details on not only the race narrative but also on the boats themselves, the book gives an intimate look at the majestic vessels that conquered the country's greatest waterway and defined the bravado of 19th-century America.

Download or read book Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi the Water Way to Iowa written by William John Petersen and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life on the Mississippi written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of the steamboat era on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. The first half details a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541 and describes Twain's career as a Mississippi steamboat pilot, the fulfillment of a childhood dream. The second half of Life on the Mississippi tells of Twain's return, many years after, to travel the river from St. Louis to New Orleans. By then the competition from railroads had made steamboats passe, in spite of improvements in navigation and boat construction. Twain sees new, large cities on the river, and records his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture.

Download or read book Steamboat Natchez New Orleans written by Kerri McCaffety and published by Vissi D'Arte Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning writer and photographer Kerri McCaffety takes on one of the greatest stories of all time--the story of the Mississippi River and the Golden Age of steamboats, the adventure and romance that inspired Mark Twain and captivated imaginations around the world. The larger history of Mississippi river transport is explored within the context of a living legacy and an elegant icon of present-day New Orleans, Steamboat Natchez, the only true steam-powered boat on the Mississippi today.The first steamboat plied the waters of the Mississippi River in 1811. When the steamer, called the New Orleans, arrived in her namesake city, Captain Roosevelt invited the public to come aboard for an excursion down the river and back, a route very similar to the daily cruises the Natchez offers today.In the nineteenth century, steam power changed the world, opening up travel and trade undreamt of before. The South got rich on the exports of cotton and sugar, all carried by the big, beautiful boats. When railroads began to offer more efficient cargo transport around the turn of the twentieth century, the second golden age of the steamboat focused on luxury and entertainment. Steamboats took New Orleans jazz from Storyville to the rest of the world.The first of ten steamboats named Natchez for the Mississippi port city or the Indian tribe, was a sidewheeler built in New York in 1823. She carried passengers and cargo from New Orleans to Natchez, Mississippi. Since then, the Natchez name has meant ultimate beauty and speed on the big river. The most famous and colorful steamboat commander of the nineteenth century, Captain P. T. Leathers, built eight boats named Natchez. His sixth was the racer in the epic 1870 competition with the Robert E. Lee.The new Natchez, built in 1975, carries on a grand tradition. Her original master and captain for 20 years, Clarke C. "Doc" Hawley, is a modern-day river legend and the world authority on steamboat history. Captain Hawley collaborated on writing Steamboat Natchez, New Orleans & The History of Mississippi River Steamboats and acted as expert consultant.

Download or read book Black Life on the Mississippi written by Thomas C. Buchanan and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-03-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All along the Mississippi--on country plantation landings, urban levees and quays, and the decks of steamboats--nineteenth-century African Americans worked and fought for their liberty amid the slave trade and the growth of the cotton South. Offering a counternarrative to Twain's well-known tale from the perspective of the pilothouse, Thomas C. Buchanan paints a more complete picture of the Mississippi, documenting the rich variety of experiences among slaves and free blacks who lived and worked on the lower decks and along the river during slavery, through the Civil War, and into emancipation. Buchanan explores the creative efforts of steamboat workers to link riverside African American communities in the North and South. The networks African Americans created allowed them to keep in touch with family members, help slaves escape, transfer stolen goods, and provide forms of income that were important to the survival of their communities. The author also details the struggles that took place within the steamboat work culture. Although the realities of white supremacy were still potent on the river, Buchanan shows how slaves, free blacks, and postemancipation freedpeople fought for better wages and treatment. By exploring the complex relationship between slavery and freedom, Buchanan sheds new light on the ways African Americans resisted slavery and developed a vibrant culture and economy up and down America's greatest river.

Download or read book Steamboats Cotton Economy written by Harry P. Owens and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The First Steamboat on the Mississippi written by Sterling North and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the construction of the "New Orleans," its historic voyage on the Mississippi River, and the life of inventor and engineer Nicholas Roosevelt who pioneered in steam navigation.

Download or read book Working the Mississippi written by Bonnie Stepenoff and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mississippi River occupies a sacred place in American culture and mythology. Often called The Father of Rivers, it winds through American life in equal measure as a symbol and as a topographic feature. To the people who know it best, the river is life and a livelihood. River boatmen working the wide Mississippi are never far from land. Even in the dark, they can smell plants and animals and hear people on the banks and wharves. Bonnie Stepenoff takes readers on a cruise through history, showing how workers from St. Louis to Memphis changed the river and were in turn changed by it. Each chapter of this fast-moving narrative focuses on representative workers: captains and pilots, gamblers and musicians, cooks and craftsmen. Readers will find workers who are themselves part of the country’s mythology from Mark Twain and anti-slavery crusader William Wells Brown to musicians Fate Marable and Louis Armstrong.

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Download or read book The Story of Mississippi Steamboats written by R. Conrad Stein and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the steamboats, from their first appearance in 1807 to their importance in the country's development.