Afloat on the Ohio: an historical pilgrimage of a thousand miles in a skiff, from Redstone to Cairo
Reuben Gold Thwaites
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.This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition.
年:
1999
出版:
1st
出版社:
SIU Press
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0809322684
文件:
EPUB, 481 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 1999