Come Hell or High Water, Volume 1 (Kindle Edition)

True Tales of Steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers

De: Michael Gillespie

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Duración: 5 h y 13 m

Resumen del Editor

For one brief moment in history, it was possible to slide down a muddy bank, board a steamboat, and travel anywhere within a 16,000 mile system of inland waterways known as the Western Rivers. They included the incomparable Mississippi River, the scenic Ohio, the muddy Missouri--and a score of lesser tributaries. In Volume 1 of Come Hell or High Water, Gillespie uses wit and wisdom to relate tales of navigating the wild rivers, the mechanics of the early vessels, perils of winter travel, the accursed obstacles of the first bridges, the crew and piloting of the era of steam. Gillespie is a true steam historian, and each of the two volumes in this Kindle Edition are filled with historic photos, charts, well edited tales, and extensive footnotes, bibliography, Glossary, hyperlinks, and more. Volume 2 of COME HELL OR HIGH WATER offers an extensive anthology of the race for passengers and territories, rivalries, tragedies, tales of war, and more. Each Kindle Edition includes Bibliography, Glossary and Index, These beautifully written, well researched Volumes are considered to be among the best riverboat anthologies currently available. A 300-page print edition of COME HELL OR HIGH WATER is available from Great River Publishing and better bookstores nationwide.