Title: The great Red River raft
First published: 1984
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.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Navigation, History, Children's fiction, Rivers, fiction
Places: Red River (Tex.-La.)
People: Henry Miller Shreve (1785-1851)
LC classification: TC623.7 .C64 1984