The first steamboat on the Mississippi.
By: Illustrated by Victor Mays.
Contributors: Mays, Victor, 1927-
Series: North star books
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854 -- Juvenile literature.; Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854.; New Orleans (Steamboat) -- Juvenile literature.; New Orleans (Steamboat); Mississippi River -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Description: Covers the construction of the "New Orleans," its historic voyage on the Mississippi River, and the life of inventor and engineer Nicholas Roosevelt who pioneered in steam navigation.