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240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Traces the history of transportation on the Missouri River in the nineteenth century and its impact on the development of the West.
3,000-mile waterway west -- Great fur rush upriver -- "Steamboat acomin' " -- No buoys, no beacons, no maps -- Good times, bad times -- In service to the Army -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.
by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Paul O'Neil.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.
Inland navigation - United States - history