The Keelboat Age on Western Waters
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822953196 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Baldwin was assistant director of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey and professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.. Leland D
About the AuthorLeland D. Baldwin was assistant director of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey and professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
"Dated but still best historical survey of keelboats" according to D. P. Wilkens. This book is an extremely valuable history of the keelboats and other small craft which plied the Ohio and Mississippi River systems before the ascendance of steam navigation. Full of references to primary source documents and a good bibliography. Although it was written in the 19Dated but still best historical survey of keelboats D. P. Wilkens This book is an extremely valuable history of the keelboats and other small craft which plied the Ohio and Mississippi River systems before the ascendance of steam navigation. Full of references to primary source documents and a good bibliography. Although it was written in the 1940s has yet to be surpassed and could form the basis of a good research project in the future.. 0s has yet to be surpassed and could form the basis of a good research project in the future.. The Keelboat Excessive history on the keelboat, (a keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat that varied in size) that was tugged along the Missouri River in the 1790 - 18The Keelboat Bartok Kinski Excessive history on the keelboat, (a keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat that varied in size) that was tugged along the Missouri River in the 1790 - 1842 era or sailed along. It had Swivel Cannon to fight off Native Americans that were protecting their land. Most damage by a Swivel Cannon to a body would end in terrible injury. I've seen old skulls of Native Americans that were hit by Swivel Cannon.I love. 2 era or sailed along. It had Swivel Cannon to fight off Native Americans that were protecting their land. Most damage by a Swivel Cannon to a body would end in terrible injury. I've seen old skulls of Native Americans that were hit by Swivel Cannon.I love
No one knows who put the first keel along the bottom of one big, clumsy river craft used by the pioneers. The keelboatman and his craft did much to build a nation.. But he never loses sight of the picturesque aspects of his subject, especially the boatmen themselves-a tribe of rugged and fearless men whose colorful lives are described in great detail.The Keelboat Age is a segment cut from the history of the frontier, showing the overwhelming importance of river transportation in the development of the West. The rivers were great arteries, carrying a restless people into a new land. This book tells the story of river boating in the West before the invention of the steamboat. but the change made the boats far easier to manage, and travel in both directions became practical all the way to New Orleans.Baldwin examines the many types of craft in use, the different methods of locomotion, and the art of navigation on uncharted rivers f