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100 years on the river : the Chotin family and their boats

Title: 100 years on the river : the Chotin family and their boats / Jim Bradshaw.
Author: Bradshaw, Jim.
Publication: Lafayette, La. : Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001.

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Description

vi, 207 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Louisiana life series ; no. 11

Alternative Title

One hundred years on the river : the Chotin family and their boats

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Contents

Includes bibliographies references (p. 184-207).
Beginnings in the bayou country -- Acadian connections -- The Chotins of Brashear City -- The meeting place of rail and water -- South Louisiana steamboats -- Captain John Newton Pharr -- First Chotin boats -- Disaster at Paducah -- Captian Scott learns the trade -- Marriage with Exxon -- From steam to diesel -- Industry growth -- Expanding the fleet -- Rollin' on the river -- Chotin innovations lead the industry -- Changing times -- Fun on the water -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Genealogical notes -- Appendix 2: Chotin boats -- Appendix 3: Some early steamboats in south Louisiana.

Call Number

ITQB 02-3791

ISBN

1887366431

LCCN

2001132985

OCLC

47936002

Author

Bradshaw, Jim.

Title

100 years on the river : the Chotin family and their boats / Jim Bradshaw.

Imprint

Lafayette, La. : Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001.

Series

Louisiana life series ; no. 11

Added Author

University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Center for Louisiana Studies.

Research Call Number

ITQB 02-3791