Title: The amazing voyage of the New Orleans
First published: 1980
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.
Subjects: Description and travel, Earthquakes, Juvenile literature, New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812, New Orleans (Steamboat), Steamboats, Roosevelt, nicholas j., 1767-1854, Roosevelt, nicholas j., 1767-1864, juvenile literature, Mississippi river valley, juvenile literature, Mississippi river, juvenile literature, Earthquakes, juvenile literature, Steamboats and steamboat lines, juvenile literature, Mississippi river
Places: Mississippi River, Missouri, Ohio River
People: Nicholas J. Roosevelt (1767-1854)