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Steamboats of Gloucester and the North Shore

Author: John Lester Sutherland

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Publisher: The History Press

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Copyright: 2004

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Pages: 160

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Cover Price: $ 19.99

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This accessible history and memoir focuses on the various working vessels that plied the waters between Boston and Gloucester during the glory days of steam.

Background Information

Boston was founded by Puritans soon after their arrival at Massachusetts Bay and is the largest city in New England. Beginning in the very early nineteenth century, steamboats enabled transportation upriver, revolutionizing the nature of river commerce.