TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stone,Joel
TI  - Floating palaces of the Great Lakes: a history of passenger steamships on the inland seas 
SN  - 9780472028313 (ebook)
AV  - VM381 .S76 2015
U1  - 386/.22430977 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Passenger ships
KW  - Great Lakes (North America)
KW  - History
KW  - Lake steamers
KW  - Steam-navigation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: steam navigation on the Great Lakes -- Steam navigation from 1817 to 1860 -- Harnessing steam -- Early years on the lakes -- Opening the frontier -- Birth of an industry -- Regional development -- Maritime politics -- The palace steamer era -- Steam navigation from 1860 to 1900 -- The Civil War years -- New era, new business models -- Changing tastes and technologies -- Steam navigation in the twentieth century -- A new century brings change -- The lake cruising experience -- Sailing into a head wind -- Conclusion: the final years
ER  -