The story of Mississippi steamboats
By: by R. Conrad Stein ; illustrated by Tom Dunnington.
Contributors: Dunnington, Tom, ill.
Series: Cornerstones of freedom
Publisher: Childrens Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: River steamers -- Mississippi River -- History -- Juvenile literature.; River steamers -- Mississippi River -- History.; Steamboats -- Mississippi River -- History.; Mississippi River -- Navigation -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River -- Navigation -- History.
Description: A brief history of the steamboats which plied the Mississippi River from the early 1800s until the beginning of the age of the railroad later in the century.