Author:
Gudmestad, Robert H., 1964-
Imprint:Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011.
Descriptionxii, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction : the New Orleans -- Southern steamboat entrepreneurs -- Working on old man river -- Floating palaces and high-pressure prisons -- Indian removal -- Speed and safety -- The nature of improvements -- The rise of the cotton kingdom -- Steamboats in decline -- Epilogue : Mark Twain's odyssey -- Appendix A. Estimates of steamboat construction, tonnage, and longevity on southern rivers, 1811-1860 -- Appendix B. Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees removed by steamboat, 1830-1843 -- Appendix C. Estimates of accident rate, 1811 1851, and fatality rate from boiler explosions, 1816 1848, for western steamboats -- Appendix D. Estimates of wood consumption by southern steamboats, 1811-1860 -- Appendix E. Estimated costs associated with southern steamboats, 1811-1860 -- Appendix F. Estimated ton-miles, passenger miles, and tonnage hauled for southern -- Steamboats and southern railroads in selected years.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-270) and index.
