@article{433399, note = {Description based on print version record.}, author = {Kotar, S. L. and Gessler, J. E.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/433399}, title = {The steamboat era a history of Fulton's Folly on American rivers, 1807-1860 / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {McFarland & Co.,}, abstract = {"First-hand accounts of steamboat accidents, races, business records and river improvements are collected here to reveal the culture and economy of the early to mid-1800s, as well as the daily routines of crew and passengers. A glossary of steamboat terms and a collection of contemporary accounts of accidents round out this history of the riverboat era"--Provided by publisher.}, recid = {433399}, pages = {1 online resource (viii, 299 p.) :}, address = {Jefferson, N.C. :}, year = {2009}, }