Radeaux, brigs, sloops, row galleys and gun boats would become a familiar part of the scenery during war periods. When peace finally arrived in the nineteenth century, it was time for new fleets of commercial schooners, steam boats, canal boats, and horse boats to once again follow the natural water route that the lakes provided. K. Lundeberg, Curator Emeritus, National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. The Last of the Mohicans . In all of this material Bellico presents much primary data as well as a complex synthesis of events. .
Exquisite photographs provide a counterpoint to the historical illustrations in the text.
Russell Bellico teaches economic history at Westfield State College in Massachusetts. A summer resident of Lake George, Dr. Bellico has spent over two decades photographing shipwrecks and studying the history of the Champlain Valley. All rights reserved.