The great Red River raft
By: Peter Zachary Cohen ; illustrations by James Watling.
Contributors: Watling, James, ill.
Publisher: A. Whitman
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Niles, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851 -- Juvenile literature.; Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851.; Red River (Tex.-La.) -- Navigation -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Red River (Tex.-La.) -- Navigation -- History.
Description: Describes how in the 1830's riverman Henry Shreve cleared the Red River of a centuries-old, 200 mile logjam with his iron snagboat, thus opening the way for steamboats to Texas.