Art&DesignWinter2024

ISBN: 978-0-7643-6740-3 Size: 9" x 12" (229 x 305 mm) Pages: 304 Price: $59.99, £54.99, 85.00 CAD UK Pub Date: December 2024 Illustrations: 281 color & b/w images Binding: hardcover BISAC: TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Ship- building / History HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2024 These two volumes detail the histories of more than 60 summertime excursion steamboats in New York Harbor and Hudson River. Volume 1 focuses on 35 steamboats in the 19th century, while Volume 2 spotlights 28 steamboats from the 20th century. During the golden age of steamboating, summer life in New York Citymeant climbing aboarda grand steamer for adaytime excursion. Drawing on a lifetime of investigation by author Richard V. Elliott with assistance from other prominent maritime historians, this meticulously researched maritime history spotlights well-known vessels as well as many lesser-known excursion steamboats that are described in detail here for the first time. Volume 1’s highlights include the beloved Mary Powell and the doomed General Slocum , while volume 2 covers passenger steamers spanning from 1901’s Thomas Patten through the region’s last paddlewheeler, the Alexander Hamilton , as well as a few diesel- powered vessels that closed out the excursion era in the late 1980s. Both books include • steamboat profiles that include physical descriptions, a rundown of routes and destinations, and tales of mishaps; • rare historical images and paintings by noted maritime artist William G. Muller; • explorations of Coney Island, Playland, and the beach resorts, picnic groves, and other recreation destinations where the vessels delivered millions of passengers; and • a look at the vessels’ key role in water parades and other major celebrations in New York Harbor. ISBN 978-0-7643-6740-3 ISBN: 978-0-7643-6741-0 Size: 9" x 12" (229 x 305 mm) Pages: 272 Price: $59.99, £54.99, 85.00 CAD UK Pub Date: December 2024 Illustrations: 282 color & b/w images Binding: hardcover BISAC: HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2024 ISBN 978-0-7643-6741-0 VOLUME 1 VOLUME 2 NEW THIS SEASON | 33