inland navigation

Describes the excavations of the watercraft of explorers, settlers, and traders who visited the American West from the 1600s to the 1800s and what the findings reveal about life in early America.

A biography of the riverboatman who, among other achievements, designed and built the first steamboat able to navigate the Mississippi River.

William Least Heat-Moon provides an account of his experiences during a five-thousand mile journey across America by boat.

Discusses the development and uses of different means of transportation along the great network of rivers in early America.

Describes in simple text the experiences of the pioneers on the various early American waterways.

Traces the history of travel on America's rivers, the Great Lakes, and the Erie Canal and spotlights the vehicles used.

Presents controversies about building the Panama Canal and offers first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by this event.

Studies how the westward expansion of the United States was facilitated by the use of the country's many waterways, describing the different types of boats pioneers used to make their journeys, and discussing some of the reasons people were determined to go west.

Describes the designing, construction, and operation of an imaginary nineteenth-century canal, based upon similar histories of real canals.

Describes the Supreme Court case concerning the steamboat monopoly between New York State and New Jersey, which established the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.