Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake - Hardcover

Holly, Professor David C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801841682 ISBN 13: 9780801841682

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991

Synopsis

"The name Weems, and the Weems line," writes David C. Holly, "symbolized nearly the entire epoch of the steamboat on the Chesapeake." The Weems line began in Baltimore in 1819, as steamboats first appeared on the Chesapeake and its rivers. It was sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1905, at the height of the steamboat's "Golden Age," though its boats continued to serve the Bay until the 1930s. Illustrated with maps, drawings, and rare photographs, Tidewater by Steamboat is the vivid portrait of life on the Patuxent, the Potomac, and the Rappahannock, where Weems boats sailed and the course of the American republic was set.

About this title

Book Description:

A vivid portrait of steamboats on the Patuxent, the Potomac, and the Rappahannock

About the Author:

David C. Holly served as a naval officer in World War II and the Korean War before teaching government and foreign affairs at American University and Hampden-Sydney College. His published work includes Exodus 1947 and Steamboat on the Chesapeake.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0801841682
• ISBN 13: 9780801841682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336