| Afloat On The Ohio: A Historical Pilgrimage Of A Thousand Miles In A Skiff, From Redstone To Cairo (1897) Contributor(s): Thwaites, Reuben Gold (Author) |
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ISBN: 054888482X ISBN-13: 9780548884829 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Nineteenth-century American travel literature provides fascinating glimpses into the lives of ordinary people and into the history of the nation's settlement. Reuben Gold Thwaites's Afloat on the Ohio is a fine example of the genre, rich in Ohio River personalities, legends, and history as seen through Thwaites's eyes. His six-week journey by skiff covered a thousand miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi. Thwaites's voyage echoes those taken by early explorers, pioneers, and settlers who opened up the West through river travel from the East.
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 19th Century - Travel | United States - Midwest - General |
| Dewey: 917.704 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |