shreve, henry miller

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shreve, henry miller

The great Red River raft

  • Cohen, Peter Zachary
1984
Describes how in the 1830's riverman Henry Shreve cleared the Red River of a centuries-old, 200 mile logjam with his iron snagboat, thus opening the way for steamboats to Texas.

Mississippi steamboatman

the story of Henry Miller Shreve
  • McCall, Edith S
1986
A biography of the riverboatman who, among other achievements, designed and built the first steamboat able to navigate the Mississippi River.
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