Title | Rivers to the Sea: An American Story |
Year of Publication | 1942 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 313 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Hubbard, Lucien |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
City | New York |
Keywords | flatboats; inventors; James O'Hara (1752-1819); keelboats; Lydia Latrobe (1791-1878); Nicholas Roosevelt (1767-1854); Robert Fulton (1765-1815); steamboats |
Abstract | A novelized biography of inventor Nicholas Roosevelt, who built the first steamboat on the western waters of the United States. |
Notes | Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: North Side is Allegheny City; Mt. Washington is Coal Hill. |
Author Biography | Lucien Hubbard (1888-1971) was a screenwriter, director, and film producer of more than 90 pictures. His 1927 movie, Wings, won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. |
Time | 1810-2 |