- We will send in 10–14 business days.
/images/books/11393129/9781609495916.jpg)
- Author: Andrew W Hall
- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2012
- Pages: 144
- ISBN-10: 1609495918
- ISBN-13: 9781609495916
- Format: 15 x 22.6 x 1 cm, softcover
- Language: English
- SAVE -10% with code: EXTRA
The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu
Reviews
Description
Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races, makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional gamblers and horrific accidents.
EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
The promotion ends in 17d.13:10:24
The discount code is valid when purchasing from 10 €. Discounts do not stack.
- Author: Andrew W Hall
- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2012
- Pages: 144
- ISBN-10: 1609495918
- ISBN-13: 9781609495916
- Format: 15 x 22.6 x 1 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races, makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional gamblers and horrific accidents.
Reviews