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The Mississippi steamboat era in historic photographs : Natchez to New Orleans, 1870-1920

Title
The Mississippi steamboat era in historic photographs : Natchez to New Orleans, 1870-1920 / Joan W. Gandy and Thomas H. Gandy.
Author
Gandy, Joan W.
Publication
New York : Dover Publications, 1987.

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Additional Authors
Gandy, Thomas H.
Description
vii, 120 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
Subject
  • Steamboats > Mississippi > Natchez Region > History > Pictorial works
  • Steamboats > Mississippi River > History > Pictorial works
  • Navigation > Mississippi > Natchez Region > History > Pictorial works
  • Bateaux à vapeur > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés
  • Navigation
  • Steamboats
  • Mississippi River > Navigation > History > Pictorial works
  • Natchez Region (Miss.) > History > Pictorial works
  • Mississippi (Fleuve) > Navigation > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés
  • Mississippi > Natchez Region
  • Mississippi River
  • United States Mississippi River Steamship services, history
Genre/Form
  • illustrated books.
  • Illustrated works.
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 117.
Contents
The Mississippi river : a brief sketch -- A second chance -- A ghostly bird -- A boat for the times -- The landing comes alive -- A river town -- Crazy on cotton -- Cotton, coal, mail, and molasses -- The anchor line -- The dull season -- Deluges and delays -- Disaster and demise.
ISBN
  • 0486252604
  • 9780486252605
LCCN
86024354
OCLC
  • ocm15671907
  • 15671907
  • SCSB-9522320
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library