By the sound of her whistle John Craig book 1966

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By the sound of her whistle John Craig book 1966

190 pages, endpapers feature maps,

This is the story of steam navigation in the Kawartha Lakes and the Valley of the Trent in Central Ontario. It is a book about steamboats – tall-stacked, shallowdraft wood-burners.” – from the dj.

Contents:
1. “Stop the Engine”;
2. “A Very Excellent Family”;
3. The Newcastle Frontier;
4. “I Will Go No Further”;
5. The First Whistles;
6. The Early Years;
7. “The Devil Sat on a Log Heap”;
8. Nathaway;
9. The Beginning of the Golden Age;
10. The Fairy;
11. The Lumber Camps;
12. The Spring Break-up;
13. The Majestic and the Stoney Lake; 14. The Gay Nineties;
15. The Trent Canal;
16. Stand in Silence Before It;
17. The Heyday;
18. Hunting and Fishing;
19. The Last of the Lady;
20. The Last Whistle.

hardcover with dustjacket, No rips, no tears, no writing, dustjacket shows edge wear, small tears, and edge staining.