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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mark J. WagnerPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.193kg ISBN: 9780809334360ISBN 10: 0809334364 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 30 July 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsOf the thousands of flatboats used to carry families and goods downstream in the 1800s, not a single one survives today. Many were disassembled at their destination, and many others were tragically lost. Mark Wagner, having led a team to thoroughly document the remains of the first flatboat wreck ever recorded, has written the book that finally gives the flatboat its due. But it s not just the story of the America, because Dr. Wagner has incorporated memoirs of actual flatboat builders and accounts of their numerous contemporaries on the rivers, and he disproves the myth that pirates or Native Americans were responsible for significant numbers of losses. This book will become the source for helping to record other flatboat wrecks that will certainly appear. Leslie C. Stewart-Abernathy, Station Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey Archaeologist Mark J. Wagner, provides an informative history of flatboats, assessing their construction, purpose, and the many hazards faced by their crews. Wagner also offers a detailed account of theAmericaexcavation, a discussion of the recovered artifacts, and a description of the efforts to preserve the wreck. -Missouri History Review Of the thousands of flatboats used to carry families and goods downstream in the 1800s, not a single one survives today. Many were disassembled at their destination, and many others were tragically lost. Mark Wagner, having led a team to thoroughly document the remains of the first flatboat wreck ever recorded, has written the book that finally gives the flatboat its due. But it s not just the story of the America, because Dr. Wagner has incorporated memoirs of actual flatboat builders and accounts of their numerous contemporaries on the rivers, and he disproves the myth that pirates or Native Americans were responsible for significant numbers of losses. This book will become the source for helping to record other flatboat wrecks that will certainly appear. Leslie C. Stewart-Abernathy, Station Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey Archaeologist Mark J. Wagner, provides an informative history of flatboats, assessing their construction, purpose, and the many hazards faced by their crews. Wagner also offers a detailed account of the America excavation, a discussion of the recovered artifacts, and a description of the efforts to preserve the wreck. -Book Notes Of the thousands of flatboats used to carry families and goods downstream in the 1800s, not a single one survives today. Many were disassembled at their destination, and many others were tragically lost. Mark Wagner, having led a team to thoroughly document the remains of the first flatboat wreck ever recorded, has written the book that finally gives the flatboat its due. But it s not just the story of the America, because Dr. Wagner has incorporated memoirs of actual flatboat builders and accounts of their numerous contemporaries on the rivers, and he disproves the myth that pirates or Native Americans were responsible for significant numbers of losses. This book will become the source for helping to record other flatboat wrecks that will certainly appear. Leslie C. Stewart-Abernathy, Station Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey """Of the thousands of flatboats used to carry families and goods downstream in the 1800s, not a single one survives today. Many were disassembled at their destination, and many others were tragically lost. Mark Wagner, having led a team to thoroughly document the remains of the first flatboat wreck ever recorded, has written the book that finally gives the flatboat its due. But it's not just the story of the America, because Dr. Wagner has incorporated memoirs of actual flatboat builders and accounts of their numerous contemporaries on the rivers, and he disproves the myth that pirates or Native Americans were responsible for significant numbers of losses. This book will become the source for helping to record other flatboat wrecks that will certainly appear.""--Leslie C. Stewart-Abernathy, Station Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey ""Archaeologist Mark J. Wagner, provides an informative history of flatboats, assessing their construction, purpose, and the many hazards faced by their crews. Wagner also offers a detailed account of the America excavation, a discussion of the recovered artifacts, and a description of the efforts to preserve the wreck."" -Missouri History Review" Author InformationMark J. Wagner is the interim director and a staff archaeologist at the Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. He is a former president of the Illinois Archaeological Survey and the author of The Rhoads Site: A Historic Kickapoo Village on the Illinois Prairie, as well as numerous essays, technical reports, and books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |