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Author : John FITCH (of Philadelphia.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Original Steam-boat Supported, Etc written by John FITCH (of Philadelphia.) and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrea Sutcliffe
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466892625
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Steam written by Andrea Sutcliffe and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1807, Robert Fulton, using an English mail-order steam engine, chugged four miles an hour up the Hudson River, passing into popular folklore as the inventor of the steamboat. However, the true first passenger steamboat in America, and the world, was built from scratch, and plied the Delaware River in 1790, almost two decades earlier. Its inventor, John Fitch, never attained Fulton's riches, and was rewarded with ridicule and poverty. Considering there was not a single working steam engine in America in the early 1780s, Fitch's steamboat's development was nothing short of remarkable. But he faced competition from the start, and he and several other inventors fought a string of bitter battles, legal and otherwise. Steam tells the dramatic story of Fitch and his adversaries, weaving their lives into a fascinating tale including the likes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. It is the story behind America's first important venture in technology, the persevering and colorful men that made it happen, and the great invention that moved a new nation westward.
Author : Bob Bass
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book When Steamboats Reigned in Florida written by Bob Bass and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Robert Fulton installed a steam engine in the side wheel boat North River Steamboat in 1807, the world changed forever. With this innovation, riversthe natural transportation arteries of the South - were opened as routes to transport travelers and goods to previously inaccessible areas. Today, the steamboat triggers romantic images of adventures on the Mississippi taken from Mark Twain. But the opening of the major rivers in Florida to steamboat navigation was vital to the state's development." "This history brings together the author's unique experiences traveling Florida's steamboat routes with the historical record of the innovations and explorations that led to the steamboat's reign as the preferred mode of transport before the dawn of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Renée C. Rebman
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756533519
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Robert Fulton's Steamboat written by Renée C. Rebman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the life and career of Robert Fulton, the American inventor whose version of the steamship provided travelers with a relatively fast and inexpensive means of transportation.
Author : Robert H. Gudmestad
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 080713841X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom written by Robert H. Gudmestad and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom Robert Gudmestad offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the antebellum South. He examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the Southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market, to contributing to slave productivity, increasing the flexibility of labor, and connecting southerners to overlapping orbits of regional, national, and international markets, steamboats not only benefitted slaveholders and northern industries but also affected cotton production.
Author : Kerri McCaffety
Publisher : Vissi D'Arte Books
ISBN 13 : 9780996844819
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (448 download)
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.
Author : Louis C. Hunter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486157784
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Steamboats on the Western Rivers written by Louis C. Hunter and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly detailed definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development — from construction, equipment, and operation to races, collisions, rise of competition, and ultimate decline of steamboat transportation.
Author : S.L. Kotar
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786443871
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Steamboat Era written by S.L. Kotar and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The steamboat evokes images of leisurely travel, genteel gambling, and lively commerce, but behind the romanticized view is an engineering marvel that led the way for the steam locomotive. From the steamboat's development by Robert Fulton to the dawn of the Civil War, the new mode of transportation opened up America's frontiers and created new trade routes and economic centers. Firsthand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accounts of accidents round out this history of the riverboat era.
Author : Walter Johnson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674074882
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book River of Dark Dreams written by Walter Johnson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the center of worldwide webs of exchange and exploitation that extended across oceans and drove an insatiable hunger for new lands. This bold reaccounting dramatically alters our understanding of American slavery and its role in U.S. expansionism, global capitalism, and the upcoming Civil War.
Author : Mary Helen Dohan
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455609062
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Mr. Roosevelt's Steamboat written by Mary Helen Dohan and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a family’s daring four-month Mississippi River journey—a tale of danger, childbirth, and a massive earthquake that “reads like a novel” (Publishers Weekly). In 1811, the steamboat New Orleans was the first to travel the Mississippi River in a four-month journey between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Orleans, Louisiana. The only people brave enough to embark upon the journey were Nicholas Roosevelt; his pregnant wife, Lydia Latrobe; and their young daughter. During the course of the trip, the brilliant but reckless Roosevelt led his family through navigational perils, hostile Indians, and fire aboard. The small, fire-engine-powered steamboat saw not only the birth of Roosevelt and Latrobe’s second child, but also the greatest earthquake ever to strike the eastern United States. That cataclysmic event, described in the book from firsthand accounts, destroyed villages, swallowed islands, and reversed the course of the Mississippi River. Mr. Roosevelt’s Steamboat is an authoritative account of a twenty-five-hundred-mile voyage that significantly contributed to America’s transportation revolution. The dynamic main characters share tender romance and great courage. Their incredible trip down the Mississippi assured the future of steam navigation—and the progress of the great westward movement. “A vivid, fast-moving story.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune “In a class by itself . . . Surges with excitement.” —Louisiana History “Well-researched, vividly told.” —Waterways Journal “Intriguing romance, [a] taut, suspense-filled story, cataclysmic drama . . . A whale of a book.” —Christian Herald
Author : Cody Assmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578862408
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (624 download)
Download or read book History of the West with Sam Payne: and the Wagons Rolled written by Cody Assmann and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken-hearted, young Sam Payne runs away from his home in England looking for a better life. After sneaking aboard a steamship, Sam finds himself destitute in the port city of New Orleans. A stranger in his new country, Sam struggles to support himself, stay fed, and turn his life into something better than it was. Finding the fortitude to pull himself up and provide for himself proves to be more challenging than Sam ever had imagined. Follow Sam as he battles hunger, poverty, and a nagging brute bent on making Sam's life miserable. Up the rivers and across the plains, Sam follows opportunity where it leads and learns to make the best of a bad situation.History of the West with Sam Payne: And the Wagons Rolled introduces Sam Payne into the History of the West series. Like other books in the series, And the Wagons Rolled tells realistic stories of the American West that are both exciting and historically accurate. Whether you are looking for an absorbing story, or want to learn more about history, And the Wagons Rolled is the book for you. Like other books in the series, And the Wagons Rolled contains questions, activities, and video extensions to learn more about the frontier as you read. By the end of this book, you'll not only have read a great story, but you'll also get the chance to learn some frontier survival skills along the way.
Author : Carl A. Brasseaux
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807129753
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous written by Carl A. Brasseaux and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an extraordinary feat of research and intrepid historical navigation, Carl A. Brasseaux and Keith P. Fontenot serve as guides through the labyrinthian and often harrowing world of Louisiana bayou steamboat journeys of the mid to late nineteenth century. The bayou country's steamboat saga mirrors in microcosm the tale of America's most colorful -- and most highly romanticized -- transportation era. But Brasseaux and Fontenot brace readers with a boldly revisionist picture of the opulent Mississippi River floating palaces: stripped-down, utilitarian freight-haulers belching smoke from twin stacks, churning through shallow swamps and narrow tributary streams, and encountering such hazards as shoals, sawyers, stumps, highwater and dry-bed seasons, and the remains of vessels claimed by those treacheries. For decades, steamboats transported goods, passengers, and mail between New Orleans and south Louisiana's vibrant interior agricultural region, bearing testimony to the resourcefulness, ingenuity, and tenacity of crews in conquering the challenges posed by a forbidding environment. Brasseaux and Fontenot marshaled a monumental array of information, including sources long-buried in courthouses, private collections, and the records of the Army Corps of Engineers. They offer data on some five hundred steamboats, keelboats, and barges known to have operated in the bayou country. This book is the first major study of a fascinating slice of the steamboat industry, showcasing a trade critically important to New Orleans's prosperity but largely forgotten in southern historiography until now. Encompassing economic, social, transportation, and environmental history, it captures the period just before the iron horse emerged as America's undisputed master of inland conveyance.
Author : F. M. Perry
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017199222
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Four American Inventors: Robert Fulton, Samuel F. B. Morse, Eli Whitney, Thomas A. Edison; a Book for Young Americans written by F. M. Perry and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Don Herweck
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 0756539617
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Robert Fulton written by Don Herweck and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Robert Fulton, including his work as a mechanic, artist, inventor, and engineer.
Author : Obadiah Rich
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana Nova written by Obadiah Rich and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Obadiah RICH
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana Nova; Or, a Catalogue of Books in Various Languages, Relating to America, Printed Since the Year 1700. (Supplement to the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Pt. 1. Additions and Corrections, 1701 to 1800. Books Relating to America 1493-1700, Etc.). written by Obadiah RICH and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of the Treasury. Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants
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Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book Digest of Appropriations for the Support of the Government of the United States on Account of the Service of the Fiscal Year Ending ... and of Deficiencies for Prior Years ; Made by the ... Session of the ... Congress written by United States. Department of the Treasury. Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
