The Great American Steamboat Race
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| Author | : Benton Rain Patterson |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2009-08-11 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 0786453877 |
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.
| Author | : Shirley Jordan |
| Publisher | : Millbrook Press |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0761363440 |
In the summer of 1870, Thomas Leathers was captain of the Natchez. Captain Leathers believed it was the fastest steamboat on the Mississippi River. Captain Cannon of the Robert E. Lee offered to race the Natchez from New Orleans, Louisiana, to St. Louis, Missouri. Twelve-year-old Benjamin Brown, a passenger on the Natchez, wants very much to win the race. But from the moment the Robert E. Lee leaves New Orleans early, it’s clear that Captain Cannon is willing to do whatever it takes for his boat to finish first. Which boat will win? And will the outcome be fair? In the back of the book, you’ll find a script and instructions for putting on a Reader’s Theater performance of this adventure. At our companion website—www.lerneresource.com—you can download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your Reader’s Theater performance a success.
| Author | : Manly Wade Wellman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2013-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781258860523 |
This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Belwin Young Band |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003-06 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780757931949 |
You will smell the smoke and feel the mist on your face. This innovative work by renowned composer Robert W. Smith musically recounts a famous race between two paddle boats, the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez, on the Mississippi River during the summer of 1870. It's everything you expect. Don't miss this dynamic new work. (4: 34)
| Author | : Mark Dyreson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 466 |
| Release | : 2016-04-14 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1317572688 |
When the colonies that became the USA were still dominions of the British Empire they began to imagine their sporting pastimes as finer recreations than even those enjoyed in the motherland. From the war of independence and the creation of the republic to the twenty-first century, sporting pastimes have served as essential ingredients in forging nationhood in American history. This collection gathers the work of an all-star team of historians of American sport in order to explore the origins and meanings of the idea of national pastimes—of a nation symbolized by its sports. These wide-ranging essays analyze the claims of particular sports to national pastime status, from horse racing, hunting, and prize fighting in early American history to baseball, basketball, and football more than two centuries later. These essays also investigate the legal, political, economic, and culture patterns and the gender, ethnic, racial, and class dynamics of national pastimes, connecting sport to broader historical themes. American National Pastimes chronicles how and why the USA has used sport to define and debate the contours of nation. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
| Author | : Steven A. Riess |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 921 |
| Release | : 2014-03-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1118609409 |
A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history. Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and track and field Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sports biography Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
| Author | : David Clary |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 345 |
| Release | : 2017-10-30 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0813584566 |
Winner of the 2018 Current Events/Social Change Book Award from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner of the 2018 Bronze Current Events Book Award from the Independent Publisher Book Awards Generations ago, gambling in America was an illicit activity, dominated by gangsters like Benny Binion and Bugsy Siegel. Today, forty-eight out of fifty states permit some form of legal gambling, and America’s governors sit at the head of the gaming table. But have states become addicted to the revenue gambling can bring? And does the potential of increased revenue lead them to place risky bets on new casinos, lotteries, and online games? In Gangsters to Governors, journalist David Clary investigates the pros and cons of the shift toward state-run gambling. Unearthing the sordid history of America’s gaming underground, he demonstrates the problems with prohibiting gambling while revealing how today’s governors, all competing for a piece of the action, promise their citizens payouts that are rarely delivered. Clary introduces us to a rogue’s gallery of colorful characters, from John “Old Smoke” Morrissey, the Irish-born gangster who built Saratoga into a gambling haven in the nineteenth century, to Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate who has furiously lobbied against online betting. By exploring the controversial histories of legal and illegal gambling in America, he offers a fresh perspective on current controversies, including bans on sports and online betting. Entertaining and thought-provoking, Gangsters to Governors considers the past, present, and future of our gambling nation. Author's website (http://www.davidclaryauthor.com)
| Author | : Scott Nearing |
| Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
| Total Pages | : 58 |
| Release | : 2020-09-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1465602550 |
| Author | : Mary Ellen Snodgrass |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 1911 |
| Release | : 2015-03-26 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1317457900 |
The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals.
| Author | : Manly Wade Wellman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2009-07 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781104840174 |
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