| Afloat on the Ohio Contributor(s): Thwaites, Reuben Gold (Author) |
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ISBN: 0559240244 ISBN-13: 9780559240249 Publisher: BiblioLife OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Nineteenth-century American travel literature provides fascinating glimpses into the lives of ordinary people and into the history of the nation's settlement. Reuben Gold Thwaites's Afloat on the Ohio is a fine example of the genre, rich in Ohio River personalities, legends, and history as seen through Thwaites's eyes. His six-week journey by skiff covered a thousand miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi. Thwaites's voyage echoes those taken by early explorers, pioneers, and settlers who opened up the West through river travel from the East.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Travel | United States - Midwest - General |
| Dewey: 917.704 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.45 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |