A HISTORY OF NAVIGATION ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM; AN INTERPRETATION OF THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF THIS RIVER SYSTEM ON THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. . . (Front board title: "A History of Navigation on the Tennessee River System.") 75th Congress, 1st Session; House Document No. 254.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Transportation Economics Division [TVA - T.V.A.] J. Haden Alldredge; Mildred Burnham Spottswood; Vera V. Anderson [Vera Victoria Anderson]; John H. Goff [John Hedges Goff]; Robert M. La Forge [Robert Mallory La Forge]. United State Congress, House of Representatives; Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Published by Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office [U.S. G.P.O. - US GPO], 1937.
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Subtitle: "Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Survey Entitled 'A History of Navigation on the Tennessee River and its Tributaries.'" x, 192 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15cm. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth rubbed with some staining; spine mildly sunned but with gilt lettering dulled; front board's gilt lettering remains reasonably bright. Light stain at lower fore-edge with some leaves fractionally abraded. Foxing/toning to endpapers; ink number stamp on rear free endpaper. Binding is firm. With Letter of Transmittal by Franklin D. Roosevelt, prefatory essay by TVA Board Chairman Arthur E. Morgan, Preface by J. Haden Alldredge, illustrations and maps, Appendix "Vessels in the Fleet at the Battle of Shiloh" (pages 150-151), Bibliography (pages 152-158), References Cited (pages 159-181), and Index. Features sixteen chapters: "Introduction;" "Role of the Tennessee in Early Exploration, Trade, and Settlement;" "The Tennessee River and the Question of Free Navigation of the Mississippi;" "Some Economic Phases of the 20-Year Period 1783-1803;" "Transition Period, 1803-14;" "The Rise of Steamboating;" "The Coming of Railroads to the Tennessee Valley;" "The Influence of the Tennessee River upon the War between the States;" "Revival of Navigation on the Tennessee River Following the War between the States;" "Commercial Decadence on the Waterways;" "Need for Navigation Improvements on the Tennessee River;" "Navigation Improvements on Tributaries of Tennessee River through Private Efforts;" "Navigation Improvements on the Tennessee River and Its Tributaries by the States of Alabama and Tennessee;" "Proposals for Connecting the Tennessee River with Other River Systems;" "Navigation Improvements on the Tennessee River System by the Federal Government;" "The Advent of a New Navigation Epic on the Tennessee River System.".…
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- Title
- A HISTORY OF NAVIGATION ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM; AN INTERPRETATION OF THE ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF THIS RIVER SYSTEM ON THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. . . (Front board title: "A History of Navigation on the Tennessee River System.") 75th Congress, 1st Session; House Document No. 254.
- Author
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Transportation Economics Division [TVA - T.V.A.] J. Haden Alldredge; Mildred Burnham Spottswood; Vera V. Anderson [Vera Victoria Anderson]; John H. Goff [John Hedges Goff]; Robert M. La Forge [Robert Mallory La Forge]. United State Congress, House of Representatives; Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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- Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office [U.S. G.P.O. - US GPO], 1937.
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- Hardcover
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