Delta Queen, The

Last of the Paddlewheel Palaces

Myron Tassin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2004
Pelican Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-0-88289-307-5 (ISBN)

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"The many photographs and prints record a page of American history that has passed from the scene, and the pictures of the Queen show her to be a worthy inheritor to the noble tradition. . . . for those who have not, it will serve as a memento of a proud heritage of a nearly vanished bit of Americana." The Tennessean This book opens with a brief essay and vintage photographs tracing the history of steamboating on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The second section focuses on the Delta Queen herself; in photographs and text it outlines how she came to be, with her hull fabricated in Scotland, her wheel shafts forged in Germany, and her decks and cabins constructed in California. It also documents the different facets of her character and the fifteen cities to which she continues to bring the grandeur of a bygone age. The final section presents the diary account by one passenger of the "Good Times Jazz Cruise" held in the fall of 1972. The photos taken on this memorable trip will evoke all the magical sentiment that is part of a journey on the Delta Queen. For many years the only overnight passenger steamboat remaining on America's waterways (she now shares this distinction he sister, the Mississippi Queen), the Delta Queen continues to preserve a unique aspect of Americana.

Myron Tassin is a native New Orleans author and one of Louisiana's own Acadians. He worked as a public relations consultant until his retirement. Tassin considers himself a proud Acadian and believes the Acadian culture is a major component of his unique heritage. From this cultural perspective, Tassin has written several books about the rich history of New Orleans and the southern experience he reveres. He lives in Florida where he has made his vacation home a permenant residence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.2004
Zusatzinfo	99 b/w Photos
Verlagsort	Gretna, LA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	228 x 304 mm
Gewicht	366 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
Themenwelt	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-88289-307-6 / 0882893076
ISBN-13	978-0-88289-307-5 / 9780882893075
Zustand	Neuware