War on the Water: Jack of All Trades

Nothing conjures the romance of travel on America’s rivers like the riverboat. Whether by reading the works of Mark Twain or simply watching the musical “Showboat,” we picture the elegantly trimmed snow-white vessel, its smokestacks billowing, whistle blowing, and paddlewheels churning, as the visual representation of the glamour of river travel in the 19th century. …

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