Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-260) and index.
Contents:
Stream-boats and steamboats -- A ridiculous idea -- Brother saintmakers -- The war of the pamphlets -- The Columbian maid -- Lord High Admirals of the Delaware -- The first and true inventor -- "All further progress is in vain" -- Leeches and sharks -- Mother clay -- The French connection -- Steamboat collisions -- John Fitch's ghost -- Epilogue.
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