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Subject(s)

• Harbors—Illinois—Chicago—History [Browse]
• Harbors—Illinois—Chicago—History—Pictorial works [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. From Canoes to Schooners. Ch. 1. The Canoe Routes. Ch. 2. The Riverboat Era. Ch. 3. The Age of Canals. Ch. 4. Chicago's Rivals. Ch. 5. From Portage to Port. Ch. 6. Schooners and the Reign of Sail
• Pt. II. Life and Death on the Waters. Ch. 7. Traveling by Water. Ch. 8. Disasters. Ch. 9. Pirates. Ch. 10. Steam and Steel. Ch. 11. Sails or Rails?
• Pt. III. The Twentieth Century. Ch. 12. The San, Cal-Sag, and Hennepin. Ch. 13. The River Renaissance. Ch. 14. Decline of the Great Lakes. Ch. 15. Chicago's Lost Opportunities.

ISBN

0875802826 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

2001037011

OCLC

47074785

RCP

C - S

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