Bøger i Transportation (Applewood Book serien

This fascinating history of the U.S. Express business, prior to the advent of the Pony Express and focused largely on the eastern half of the country, was originally published in 1860. The book is packed with advertisements throughout, for everything imaginable: architects, bankers, revolvers, foreign wines, books, clothing, insurance companies, fireworks, tin cans, produce, washing machines, stoves, accountants, and much more.

Nathaniel Bishop paddled along natural and manmade waterways from Quebec to Florida in 1874-75. Most of the way he travelled alone in paper canoe. This is the story of his incredible journey.

Subtitle: Containing Plans for the Protection of the Delta From Inundation; and Investigations of the Practicability and Cost of Improving the Navigation of the Ohio and Other Rivers by Means of Reservoirs, With an Appendix, on the Bars at the Mouths of the Mississippi General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1853 Original Publisher: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co. Subjects: Mississippi River Ohio River Literary Criticism / General History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) History / United States / State