Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous
Subtitle: A History and Directory
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780807129753
Subjects: Ships & shipping: general interest; United States - State & Local - General; Maritime History; History: American; Transportation; United States - General; Louisiana; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History; Inland navigation; Steamboats
First sentence: LOUISIANA experienced unprecedented prosperity during the antebellum period largely as a result of the introduction of steam navigation into the North American continent's rapidly developing midsection.