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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN-101403962618
ISBN-139781403962614
eBay Product ID (ePID)30262855
Product Key Features
Book TitleSteam : the Untold Story of America's First Great Invention
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicNavigation, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Inventions, General, Marine & Naval, Science & Technology
Publication Year2004
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAndrea Sutcliffe, Andrea J. Sutcliffe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-040000
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal623.87/22/0973
Table Of ContentStreamboats and Steamboats * A Ridiculous Idea * Brother Saintmakers * The War of the Pamphlets * The Columbian Maid * Lord High Admirals of the Delaware * Jefferson's Choice * The End of Perseverance * Leeches and Sharks * War and Peace * A Mail-order Steamboat * Thornton's Revenge Streamboats and Steamboats * A Ridiculous Idea * Brother Saintmakers * The War of the Pamphlets * The Columbian Maid * Lord High Admirals of the Delaware * Jefferson's Choice * The End of Perseverance * Leeches and Sharks * War and Peace * A Mail-order Steamboat * Thornton's Revenge
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIn 1807, Robert Fulton, using an English mail-order steam engine, chugged four miles an hour up the Hudson River, passing into popular folklore as the inventor of the steamboat. However, the true first passenger steamboat in America, and the world, was built from scratch, and plied the Delaware River in 1790, almost two decades earlier. Its inventor, John Fitch, never attained Fulton's riches, and was rewarded with ridicule and poverty. Considering there was not a single working steam engine in America in the early 1780s, Fitch's steamboat's development was nothing short of remarkable. But he faced competition from the start, and he and several other inventors fought a string of bitter battles, legal and otherwise. Steam tells the dramatic story of Fitch and his adversaries, weaving their lives into a fascinating tale including the likes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. It is the story behind America's first important venture in technology, the persevering and colorful men that made it happen, and the great invention that moved a new nation westward.
LC Classification NumberVM140.F5S88 2004
