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Steam-ships
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R. A. Fletcher |
History of the steam ship from early experiments to modern (1910) steam ships. It contains 150 photos and illustrations. Among the subjects are the Navy's use of steam powered ships although the main… |
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Emma's river
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Alison Hart |
In 1852, Emma, her pregnant mother and her pony board the steamboat Sally May to meet her father in St. Joseph, Missouri, but when the ship suddenly explodes in a fiery blaze, Emma and all onboard mu… |
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Dinah Faire
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Virginia Coffman |
LOVE DEFIANT...
Every inch the heiress to the proud legacy of the magnificent Gaynor clan, Dinah Faire flaunted the conventions of her day when she gave her body - and her soul - to a dashing gamb… |
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Life in a Victorian Steamship
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Andrew Langley |
In June 1819, the Savannah became the first steam-powered boat to cross the Atlantic. During Queen Victoria's reign, steam gradually took over from sail. This book describes what life was like for th… |
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Within the enemy's lines
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Oliver Optic |
After successfully defending his father's steam-yacht from a group of Confederates led by his cousin from Alabama, eighteen-year-old Christy Passford, a newly-commissioned Union naval officer, is ass… |
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Gibbons v. Ogden, law, and society in the early republic
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Thomas H. Cox |
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerc… |
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Lost Chester River steamboats
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Jack Shaum |
In the golden age of the steamer, the rich bounty of the Eastern shore was transported down the Chester River and across the Chesapeake Bay to the port of Baltimore. For over one hundred years, vesse… |
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As Time Went By
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José Sanabria |
The spirit of reinvention – and the importance we place on things – is beautifully expressed in José Sanabria’s visually evocative story. A steamship makes a journey across time from luxury and exclu… |
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Bells and whistles
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Kay D. Rizzo |
When the Mayes family continues their journey to California by train and steamboat and adopts an orphan on the way, nine-year-old Elizabeth must make some adjustments. |
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Boat builder
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Clara Ingram Judson |
The life of the artist, engineer and inventor who is most known for designing and building the Clermont, the first successful steamboat, which was launched on the Hudson River in 1807. |
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Robert Fulton
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James M. Flammang |
Discusses the life and work of the inventor who developed the steamboat and made it a commercial success. |
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Isabel Simone Levinson |
Describes the Supreme Court case concerning the steamboat monopoly between New York State and New Jersey, which established the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. |
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Steam titans
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William M. Fowler |
"'Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and … |
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First Atlantic Liner
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Colin Green,Helen Doe |
1 volume : 24 cm |
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Midnight rescue
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Lois Walfrid Johnson |
In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby continues to harbor the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from t… |
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Willie Jasper's golden eagle
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F. N. Monjo |
An account of the famous 1870 steamboat race down the Mississippi between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee, as told by a boy on board the Natchez. |
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The Advent of Steam
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Robert Gardiner |
190 p. : 31 cm |
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Life on the Mississippi
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Mark Twain |
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark… |
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Robert Fulton
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Jim Whiting |
A simple look at the life of the famous inventor. |
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Ship
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Chris L. Demarest |
Ship sails, tug beside. Salt air. Early tide. Take a voyage on the high seas in this rhyming board book. |
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