steamboats

Describes how Blanche Douglas Leathers studied the Mississippi River and passed the test to become a steamboat captain in 1894.

A dual biography focusing on humorous highlights in the lives of James Watt and Robert Fulton, whose respective inventions of the steam engine and the steamboat laid the foundation of modern transportation.

Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.

A brief biography of the portrait painter and inventor of the submarine and steamboat.