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    612-822-4611

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Road to the Sea: The Story of James B. Eads and the Mississippi River

Road to the Sea: The Story of James B. Eads and the Mississippi River

Dorsey, Florence

Paperback

Adventurers & ExplorersHistorical Figures

ISBN10: 1565544595
ISBN13: 9781565544598
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: Dec 31 1999
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.92 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.53
Language: English

The Mississippi was discovered by Marquette in 1673 and spanned by James B. Eads in 1874. In his prolific career as an inventor intimately linked to the Mississippi, Eads founded diving salvage companies, designed turrets for Civil War ironclad ships, and-perhaps most spectacularly-built the first bridge that connected the eastern and western halves of the country, previously divided by the Great River. Compiled from the voluminous writings and utterances of James B. Eads, from government documents relating to his projects and the many controversies over them, and from magazine and newspaper accounts of his professional and social activities, among other sources, Road to the Sea is the definitive work on James B. Eads and his amazing accomplishments.

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