Come Hell or High Water, a Lively History of Steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by Michael Gillespie brian

Come Hell or High Water, a Lively History of Steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by Michael Gillespie brianA Lively History of Steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers True Stories of Steamboating on the Missouri River from one of our favorite steam era authors! In Come Hell or High water, Gillespie invites the reader to experience the challenge that was steamboating in the nineteenth century as recorded firsthand by passengers, crew members and journalists. Dozens of historic photos, charts, maps and Illustrations. "For one brief moment in history,

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