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This is a book titled The Story of the Paddle Steamer by Bernard Dumpleton It is not The Last Prince of Dahaar by Tara Pammi The paddle steamer holds a unique place in the history of maritime engineering. When the engineers of the early nineteenth century experimented with steamboats they chose the paddle wheel as the form of propulsion. Within twenty years the paddle steamers were at work on inland waters and short sea passages. They were graceful, elegant ships, but in the jet age too slow and uneconomical. In the 1950s they went to the breakerOCOs yards in droves, and now there are only a few left. This book tells they story of the paddle steamers, and of the men who built, owned and sailed them."

Author

Tara Pammi, Bernard Dumpleton

Publisher

Venton Publications

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780263240870

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities