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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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Robert Fulton
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Elaine Landau |
Describes the life and work of the talented inventor and resourceful businessman, with special emphasis on his development of the steamboat. |
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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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Steven Kroll |
Describes the life and work of the inventor who developed the steamboat and made it a commercial success. |
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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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The amazing voyage of the New Orleans
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Judith St George |
Recounts the voyage in 1811 of the "New Orleans," the first steamboat to travel down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, a trip fraught with dangers including North America's most violent earthquake. |
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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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Der Österreichische Lloyd 1836 bis heute
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Dieter Winkler,Georg Pawlik |
Der Österreichische Lloyd war die größte Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Österreich-Ungarns und des Mittelmeeres.
Sie wurde auf Initiative von sieben Triester Versicherungsgesellschaften nach dem Vorbild… |
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First Atlantic Liner
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Colin Green,Helen Doe |
1 volume : 24 cm |
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Papers concerning early navigation on the Great Lakes
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William Hodge |
Capt. Wilkerson commanded steamboats on the Great Lakes from 1835 to 1852. “Walk-in-the-water” was the first steamboat on the Great Lakes, launched in 1818 from Black Rock, near Buffalo NY. “Superior… |
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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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