Emma's river
By: written by Alison Hart.
Publisher: Peachtree
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Atlanta, [GA]
Language: eng
Subjects: Steamboats -- Fiction; Steamboat disasters -- Fiction; Mississippi River -- Fiction; Missouri River -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: In 1852, Emma, her mother and her pony board the steamboat Sally May expecting to meet her father in St. Joseph without incident, but the ship suddenly explodes in a fiery blaze that leaves Emma and all onboard fighting for survival in the icy waters of the Missouri River.