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The Great American Steamboat Race: The Natchez and the Robert E. Lee and the Climax of an Era
By Benton Rain Patterson
* Publisher: McFarland
* Number Of Pages: 216
* Publication Date: 2009-05-13
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0786442921
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780786442928
Product Description:
Running from New Orleans to St. Louis in the summer of 1870, the race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez remains the world's most famous steamboat race. This book tells the story of the dramatic contest, which was won by the stripped-down, cargoless Robert E. Lee after three days, 18 hours, and 14 minutes of steaming through day, night and fog. The Natchez finished the race only hours later, having been delayed by carrying her normal load and tying up overnight because of the intense fog. Providing details on not only the race narrative but also on the boats themselves, the book gives an intimate look at the majestic vessels that conquered the country's greatest waterway and defined the bravado of 19th-century America.
Summary: Much more than a race
Rating: 5
This book is about a lot more than the historic race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee, which is an exciting story in itself. It's about an American era, a time in American history when the Mississippi River meant adventure, the time of Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn and life on the Mississippi. For those who could afford going first class, that was a time of days and nights of pleasure and romance aboard a floating palace.
The pleasures came with some deadly hazards--explosions and fires and collisions with floating debris, with ice and with other steamboats. America's worst maritime disaster was the burning of the Mississippi River steamer Sultana near Memphis at the end of the Civil War. It took more lives than did the Titanic disaster.
The book tells about all that and tells about the working people who made the steamboats go. And it tells about the people who traveled on them, rich and poor alike. It's the story of the Mississippi River steamboat, from its beginning to its sad end. It's a really interesting, informative, enjoyable read.

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