Blow for the Landing: A Hundred Years of Steam Navigation on the Waters of the West (Schiffer History Book)
by Timmen, Fritz
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- as new
- Paperback
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- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 076430318X
- ISBN 13
- 9780764303180
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About This Item
Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing, 1997. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Large Paperback Book As New. Bright, clean, unmarked blue and yellow, glossy cover, no wear, tight & solid, square binding. Pages of coated paper. Historic b/w photographs on nearly every page with tales of personalities of various ships and the men who ran them, to help recapture the glory days of steamboating. Stories abound of paddle-wheelers carrying goods and people into the pioneer American West with excitement along the way--Indians attacked, boilers exploded, sometimes captains raced their vessels, some tragic incidents as well. They traveled down the Columbia, from Lewistown down through the desert of eastern Oregon, through the Cascades-- into and through the West. Territory drawn map on inside of front cover and first page with steamships along the route. 235 pages with Index. 8.5 x 11 inches. 1997, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, USA Originally published by Caxton Printers, 1973.
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- Title
- Blow for the Landing: A Hundred Years of Steam Navigation on the Waters of the West (Schiffer History Book)
- Author
- Timmen, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 076430318X
- ISBN 13
- 9780764303180
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Atglen, PA, USA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- RIVER TRAVEL HISTORY, AMERICAN WEST STEAMSHIPS COLUMBIA GORGE BOATS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. American;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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