On the storied Ohio : an historical pilgrimage of a thousand miles in a skiff, from Redstone to Cairo /
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| Author / Creator: | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913. |
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| Edition: | Being a new and rev. ed. of "Afloat on the Ohio," with a new preface, and full-page illustrations from photographs. |
| Imprint: | Scituate, MA : DSI Digital Reproduction, 2001. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149919 |
| Summary: | On the Storied Ohio tells the story of the six-week, 1100-mile journey down the Ohio River made by the longtime Secretary and Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and Managing Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, Rueben Gold Thwaites, his family and a Doctor. This new and revised edition of Afloat on the Ohio recounts the 1894 adventure from Redstone, PA to Cairo, IL when Thwaits chose to make the pilgrimage by skiff rather than onboard the faster steamers. It is a logbook of their travels and the curious people they met. Yet it is also a rich retelling of river legend, looking into the past to understand the great waterway while imagining the experiences of the early explorers, pioneers, and settlers who opened up the West through river travel from the East. Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates) |
| Bibliography: | "Selected list of journals of previous travelers down the Ohio": pages 320-328. |
| ISBN: | 1582182906 9781582182902 |