Author: Bob WhittierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Paddle Wheel Steamers and Their Giant Engines
Author: Bob WhittierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
It Started with a Steamboat
Author: Steven HarveyPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1425967191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The book, "When Substance Abuse Attacks Your Home," is written with great pain and many regrets. It shares more than facts and realities about drug addiction. The book also conveys the hard realities that accompany chemical dependency. These details are not appealing, but never the less, brutally honest. The book is filled with up-to-date research on this critical subject. Invaluable information and resources are made easy to retrieve, and practical to use. Among the many special features of this book, is the clear explanation of why it is so difficult for a drug addict to break away from his/her bondage. The relational aspect of substance abuse is uniquely put side by side the union between a husband and wife, "until death do us part" This book offers the reader facts easy to comprehend and numerous experimental insights. Since this book is written from a family's viewpoint into substance abuse, the reader cannot help~ but feel the pain and see the tears a family lives through when one of their loved ones is chemical dependent. While the main focus is on the drug addict, another touching and helpful feature, is the unmasking of the torments of the addict's parents and siblings.
Steamboats
Author: Karl ZimmermannPublisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 9781590784341
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Traces the development of steamboats.
The Tragedy of the Royal Tar
Author: Mark WarnerPublisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 160893358X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
On October 25, 1836, the sidewheel steamer Royal Tar caught fire in Maine's Penobscot Bay. On board was a small circus menagerie returning to Boston from a summer-long tour of the Canadian Maritimes. Plagued by gale-force winds and rough seas, the usual overnight trip from Saint John, New Brunswick, stretched out to four days and, on the fourth day, disaster struck off the island of Vinalhaven. Thirty-two people and all of the circus animals perished in the tragedy. Mark Warner explores the events leading up to that fateful day. Beginning with the construction of the Royal Tar, he traces the vessel's service history, the menagerie's tour of the Maritimes, the cause of the fire, and details of the rescue operation.
Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
Author: Richard A. GouldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498169
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Maritime archaeology deals with shipwrecks and is carried out by divers rather than diggers. It embraces maritime history and analyses changes in shipbuilding, navigation and seamanship and offers fresh perspectives on the cultures and societies that produced the ships and sailors. Drawing on detailed past and recent case studies, Richard A. Gould provides an up-to-date review of the field that includes dramatic new findings arising from improved undersea technologies. This second edition of Archaeology and the Social History of Ships has been updated throughout to reflect new findings and new interpretations of old sites. The new edition explores advances in undersea technology in archaeology, especially remotely operated vehicles. The book reviews many of the major recent shipwreck findings, including the Vasa in Stockholm, the Viking wrecks at Roskilde Fjord and the Titanic.
Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers
Author: Submerged Cultural Resources Study
Author: Daniel LenihanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Submerged Cultural Resources Study
Author: C. Patrick LabadiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
From Sail to Steam
Author: Richard V. FrancavigliaPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292725034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"The maritime history of Texas is a critical but overlooked topic. This book is a significant contribution, a very nice new synthesis. It will be very useful for a general audience." —J. Barto Arnold III, State Marine Archeologist, Texas Historical Commission The Gulf Coast has been a principal place of entry into Texas ever since Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explored these shores in 1519. Yet, nearly five hundred years later, the maritime history of Texas remains largely untold. In this book, Richard V. Francaviglia offers a comprehensive overview of Texas' merchant and military marine history, drawn from his own extensive collection of maritime history materials, as well as from research in libraries and museums around the country. Based on recent discoveries in nautical archaeology, Francaviglia tells the stories of the Spanish flotilla that wrecked off Padre Island in 1554 and of La Salle's flagship Belle, which sank in 1687. He explores the role of the Texas Navy in the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836 and during the years of the Texas Republic and also describes the Civil War battles at Galveston and Sabine Pass. Finally, he recounts major developments of the nineteenth century, concluding with the disastrous Galveston Hurricane in 1900. More than one hundred illustrations, many never before published, complement the text.
Railroad Ferries of the Hudson
Author: Raymond J. BaxterPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823219544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the B&O Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.