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click on picture for larger image All Available Boats Item #An account of the Tugboats response and rescue during 9/11 By Mike Magee, MD Softcover / 141 Pages / 8x8 / Published 2002 56 Photos On the morning of September 11, 2001, as the World Trade Center tragedy unfolded, thousands of men and women on or near the waters of New York harbor converged to help in any way possible. Answering the U.S. Coast Guard radio call for “all available boats,” hundreds of vessels of all types raced across the Hudson and East Rivers and the Upper Bay of New York harbor. Over the course of the day; tugboats, ferries and private vessels would evacuate over 300,000 people from Manhattan, pump water to feed hoses, bring in needed supplies, rescue people in the water, and carry firefighters, police and medical and emergency service workers to Ground Zero. This is their story. All books are shipped via Media Mail due to weight & cost. Price :$19.95 Quantity : 1 2 3 4 5 6   Add To My WishList click on picture for larger image Tugboats n’ Towlines Item #bk-TT By Warren Salinger Hardback / 128 Pages / 9x11.5 / Published 2003Highly Photographic From 30 different US seaports on all three coasts and Lake Michigan, Warren Salinger brings us a highly photographic tugboat book. These pages feature strictly tugs of various sizes, from the small logging tugs in the Pacific Northwest to the state-of-the-art tractor tugs in major U.S. harbors. He includes interviews working captains and their crews. Salinger also describes the many fascinating aspects of the tugboat industry. note: All books are shipped via Media Mail due to weight & cost. Price :$24.95 Quantity : 1 2 3 4 5 6   Add To My WishList click on picture for larger image Mississippi and the Making of a Nation Item #bk#mmn By Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley Photography by Sam Abell Hardback/288 Pages/245 full-color photos/9.5 x 11.1 x 1.0 inches/Published 2002 Acclaimed historians Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley explore the entire length of the Mississippi River from its source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to its mouth at Delacroix Island, Louisiana, discussing its continuing significance in American history, accompanied with pictures by National Geographic photographers. This beautiful, large-format book is a captivating, full-color presentation of the Mighty Miss that will be enjoyed for many years to come. note: All books are shipped via Media Mail due to weight & cost. Regular Price : $ 39.95 Our Price : $19.95 Quantity : 1 2   Add To My WishList click on picture for larger image Come Hell or High Water A Lively History of Steamboating Come Hell or High Water is a delightful and informative anthology of accounts from steamboat passengers, crews and newspapermen from the nineteenth century. Michael Gillespie explores all aspects of steamboat travel from the development and construction of the vessels to personal accounts of steamboat races, accidents and the pleasures of steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. 336 pages / 6" x 9" /softcover/ Published 2002 Price :$19.95 Quantity : 1   Add To My WishList click on picture for larger image Mississippi & Ohio River Book Set The Mississippi by Theodor Geus In pictures and prose, the author and several gifted photographers show readers the many faces of "the father of water." A real treat for history lovers, armchair adventurers, and all who fall under the spell of the mighty Mississippi. "Will delight the history buff, riverboat enthusiast, naturalist and dedicated river watcher.”-- Chattanooga Times & The Ohio River by John Ed Pearce and Richard Nugent Drawn by the power of this great river, writer John Ed Pearce and photographer Richard Nugent have traveled the Ohio from Pittsburgh to Cairo and back, seeking out the scenes, the echoes of history, the rhythms of life for those who call the Ohio home. This book is the record of their discoveries—on the river itself and in the villages and cities and farmlands that form it shores. The Ohio River includes many outstanding towboat photos and aerial river photos. Both books are New / Hardback / 190 Pages / 9½x12¼ / Published 1989 *Note: All books are shipped media mail* Price :$29.95 Quantity : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   Add To My WishList