Adam I. Kane works as a nautical archaeologist at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vermont
List of Illustrations
ix
List of Tables
xi
Foreword, by Alan L. Bates
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
xvii
1. Westward, Onboard a Steamboat
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(30)
2. Steamboat Archaeology
33
(11)
3. An Unpromising Beginning: Steamboats, 1811-20
44
(15)
4. Trial, Error, and Adaptation: Steamboats, 1820-35
59
(25)
5. Colonizing the West: Steamboats, 1835-60
84
(42)
6. Conclusions
126
(5)
Appendix 1. Western River Steamboat Construction and Tonnage, 1811-80
131
(2)
Appendix 2. Table of Steamboat Measurements from 1850
133
(12)
Glossary
145
(8)
Notes
153
(14)
Bibliography
167
(10)
Illustration Credits
177
(4)
Index
181
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