The amazing voyage of the New Orleans
By: by Judith St. George ; drawings by Glen Rounds.
Contributors: Rounds, Glen, 1906-
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854 -- Juvenile literature.; Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854.; New Orleans (Steamboat) -- Juvenile literature.; New Orleans (Steamboat); New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812 -- Juvenile literature.; Steamboats.; New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812.; Earthquakes -- Missouri.; Ohio River -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature.; Ohio River -- Description and travel.; Mississippi River -- Description and travel.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.