The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats by Plowden, David

The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393033489)

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The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats by Plowden, David

The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats

$50.00
The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats by Plowden, David

The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats

$50.00
Format: Hardcover
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Since the mid-1850s when coal-fired, reciprocating-engined steamboats were first heralded as a swift and reliable method of freight transportation, these majestic vessels have criss-crossed the Great Lakes transporting everything from coal to iron ore and cement. Until the advent of the diesel locomotive engine, the speed and efficiency of the lake freighters was unchallenged. Today, however, the massive fleet has been reduced to a handful, and soon may be extinct.

Author: David Plowden
ISBN-10: 0393033481
ISBN-13: 9780393033489
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/17/1992
Pages: 155
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.36lbs
Size: 11.34h x 9.86w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/1993 pg. 777

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