20 fun facts about the steamboat

Levy, Janey, author.

Book 2024

"Before people had cars, planes, and trains to take them places, they had steamboats. This important advance in transportation technology once astounded travelers and made the shipping of goods faster and easier than ever before. Readers of this engaging volume will discover just how significant the steamboat was, the technology that made it work, and why this mode of transportation could be dangerous and even deadly! The appealing format-which i...

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Steamboats History Juvenile literature

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Fun fact file: inventions that changed the world Inventions that changed the world

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ISBN:

9781538287736
1538287730

Description:

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Twenty fun facts about the steamboat

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index

LCCN:

2022053141

Control Number:

3283026

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