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Author Hesselberg, Erik, author.

Title Night boat to New York : steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931 / Erik Hesselberg.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, 2022.

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  387.243 HES NEWBKS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  387.243 Q HESSELBERG    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  387.243 Q HESSELBERG    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  387.243 HESSELBERG    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  387.243 HES    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Reference Local History Room  MIDRM 387.243 HES    In-Library Use Only
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  974.6 HESSELBERG    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  387.243 HES    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  387.243 HES    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  387.2 HESSELBERG    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue A River's Ghosts -- Powers of Steam -- Captain Bunker -- A Hero Returns -- Fast Traveling -- A Picturesque Valley -- To the Seashore -- Palaces Afloat -- Excursion! -- Ivory, Pistols, and Tobacco -- Pilots and Captains -- Athens on the River -- The People's Favorite -- The Granite State -- Twilight -- Epilogue A Whistle Good-bye.
Summary "A portrait of the steamboat era, when a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck's Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject River steamers -- Connecticut River -- History.
River steamers -- New York (State) -- East River -- History.
Connecticut River -- Navigation -- History.
East River (N.Y.) -- Navigation -- History.
Navigation. (OCoLC)fst01035085
River steamers. (OCoLC)fst01098304
New York (State) -- East River. (OCoLC)fst01243645
United States -- Connecticut River. (OCoLC)fst01240430
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931
Other Form: Online version: Hesselberg, Erik. Night boat to New York Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, 2022 9781493044504 (DLC) 2021050319
ISBN 9781493044498 (hardcover)
1493044494 (hardcover)
9781493044504 (epub)
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