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Life on the River: A Pictorial History of the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the Western River System
by Wayman, Norbury L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/G
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Lilac cloth, blue titles on spine, xiii, 338 pp, hundreds of b & w illustrations, glossary, brief bibliography, index. Front endpapers seem to have been damaged during manufacturing (paste-down has 2 cm tear and is creased top to bottom, free endpaper has similar crease & a scratch), else very good, corners lightly bumped and cloth sunned near top & bottom edges. DJ has a 3 cm chip to front panel, another on front flap, a few tears of 1 to 5 cm, and is covered with adhesive plastic. This is a comprehensive, popular-level history of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as a means of transportation from the early days of colonization to modern barge traffic. It includes a paragraph or two on the history of just about every city of at least modest size on the navigable portions of the rivers, and chapters on river boats, packet lines, riverboat life, disaster on the river (accidents, repairs & salvage, natural impediments to navigation), improvements for navigation (dredging, locks, bridges, etc.), and the repacement of steamboats by barges & railroads. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/G. 28½ X 22 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RGMR00001
- Title
- Life on the River: A Pictorial History of the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the Western River System
- Author
- Wayman, Norbury L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- G
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Weight
- 4.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Regional Mississippi River Valley
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ships & Boats;
- Size
- 28½ X 22 cm
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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