Product Highlights
The Boats of Summer, Volume 1: New York Harbor and Hudson River Day Passenger and Excursion Vessels of the Nineteenth Century is a hardcover history from Schiffer Publishing (ISBN 9780764367403), written by Richard V. Elliott.
Features
- 304 pages
- 281 photos
- Hardcover
- Book dimensions are 9" x 12"
About the book
Covering 35 vessels, this first volume documents the New York Harbor and Hudson River excursion steamboats of the 19th century, including well-known ships such as the Mary Powell and the General Slocum, along with lesser-known vessels, rare historical images, and paintings by maritime artist William G. Muller.