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Item Details
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FIRST STEAMBOAT DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
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| By: |
George Fichter, Joe Boddy (Illus) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0882897152 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780882897158 |
| Publisher: |
PELICAN PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
31 March, 1989 |
| Pages: |
112 |
| Description: |
A fictional account of the eventful 1811 voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers on the steamboat "New Orleans, " told through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old deckhand. |
| Synopsis: |
Come aboard the steamboat New Orleans, and experience the real-life adventure of the first steamboat trip down the mighty Mississippi through the eyes of a young crew member. Tim Collins is a fourteen-year-old orphan trying to get from Pittsburgh to Natchez in the year 1811. He signs on as a deckhand aboard the New Orleans, and meets Nicholas Roo-sevelt, the dynamic builder and owner of the vessel, and his wife Lydia, who braves the untamed river while pregnant. Defying the ridicule of critics who claim that no vessel can defy the current of the mighty Mississippi, the voyagers set off on their epic journey. They face crafty river pirates, hostile Indians, and wild animals. And can even a steamboat survive the awesome power of the New Madrid earth-quake, the strongest quake in American history? |
| Reader Age: |
From 9 to 12 years |
| US Grade: |
From Third Grade to Sixth Grade |
| Illustrations: |
Illus |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Pelican Publishing Co |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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