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The Wreck of the ""America"" in Southern Illinois: A Flatboat on the Ohio River
・ISBN 978-0-8093-3436-0 paper US$ 19.50
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| 著者・編者 | Wagner, Mark J., |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (Southern Illinois University Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2015 |
| ページ数 | 277 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A01-53326＞ |
解説
Flatboats were the most prolific type of vessel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the early 1800s. By the late 1800s, however, flatboats had completely dis-appeared, and no intact examples were known to exist. Our knowledge of these historic vessels had been limited to illustra-tions, memoirs, and traveler accounts. That changed in 2000 after local residents found a wreck on the Ohio River shoreline in Il-linois. Archaeologist Mark J. Wagner and colleagues investigated extensively and established that the wreck was a pre-Civil War flatboat, which they named America, after a nearby town.
In The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois: A Flatboat on the Ohio River, Wagner provides a brief description and general history of flatboats and the various reasons they wrecked. He also de-scribes the remains of the America, how it was constructed, the artifacts found nearby and inside, and the probable cause of its sinking. The book concludes with a history of the America since its discovery in 2000 and a plea that the boat be removed from the riverbank and preserved before the Ohio washes it away.
In The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois: A Flatboat on the Ohio River, Wagner provides a brief description and general history of flatboats and the various reasons they wrecked. He also de-scribes the remains of the America, how it was constructed, the artifacts found nearby and inside, and the probable cause of its sinking. The book concludes with a history of the America since its discovery in 2000 and a plea that the boat be removed from the riverbank and preserved before the Ohio washes it away.