Blow for the Landing: A Hundred Years of Steam Navigation on the Waters of the West

publication date: 07/01/1999
ISBN13: 9780764303180
Format: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 235
ID: 9780764303180
weight: 1000
ISBN10: 076430318X

By: Fritz Timmen (author)Paperback

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Description

All aboard for a trip back to the glory days of steamboating. This book is packed with history, photographs, and tales highlighting the personalities of various ships and the men who ran them. Colorful paddle-wheelers that carried goods and passengers to help develop the pioneer American West are pictured and described along with humorous and wonderful tales of adventures. From ornate, luxurious crafts to hardy towboats, these steamboats had an inescapable aura of romance. Every reader who has ever felt a thrill at the sight of a gallant steamer making its way through powerful currents of a great river will find Blow for the Landing a nostalgic experience.