Steamboats - Icons of America's Rivers

Informationen zum Autor Sara Wright is a member of the American Sternwheel Association (www.americansternwheel.org)! to whose newsletter she is a regular contributor. A professional artist and photographer! she has also been involved with the restoration of sternwheel houseboats. She earned a bachelor of science degree in commercial design from Indiana State University. Klappentext Explains the factors that made the era suitable for the development of the steam engine and paddle boat! taking the reader far beyond the romantic image and revealing the steamboat as a vital and essential force in the development of the nation. Sternwheel enthusiast Sara Wright examines the history of sternwheelers in America, from their origins as working watercraft to their evolution as glorious floating mansions for tourists and travellers, as well as a look at the people behind the industry. Zusammenfassung Explains the factors that made the era suitable for the development of the steam engine and paddle boat, taking the reader far beyond the romantic image and revealing the steamboat as a vital and essential force in the development of the nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Confluence /Innovation /Building a Legacy /A Floating Village /Fire Baskets to Satellites /Bibliography! References and Further Reading

Product details

• Authors: Sara Wright, Wright Sara
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2013
• EAN: 9780747811411
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1141-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Series: Shire Library USA; Shire Library USA
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / General, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, Ships and boats: general interest, Ships & boats: general interest