Aboard the Portland: A History of the Northwest Steamers - Paperback

by Rebecca I. Harrison (Author)

In her latest book, Rebecca Harrison takes you back in time over 150 years to ride the grand Columbia and Willamette Rivers on the sternwheelers of the mid 1800s. Essential for transportation in the newly founded northwest region of the United States, by the 1840s, both the rivers were becoming the main thoroughfare for the growing farms, businesses and cities. Portland, Oregon's location at the confluence of these rivers established it as the shipping center for the Pacific Northwest. By the 1880s, the steam sternwheelers were overtaking sidewheelers and paddlewheelers on the rivers. Meticulously researched, Aboard the Portland: A History of the Northwest Steamers tells the exciting story of these trade and transport ships, and explores how the Portland survived time and harsh work to become one of the last operating steam sternwheelers in America. Robert Lewis Knecht Historian and Treasure Hunter$19.99

Author Biography

About the Author: Rebecca Harrison was born and raised in Oregon. Her academic credits include an M.S. in Education from Portland State University. She was a high school teacher for students with disabilities for sixteen years. Rebecca has always been an avid writer, co-authoring her first book, Child Abuse: A Guide for Professionals, with Dr. Jean Edwards in 1983. Rebecca has a new book out co-authored with Daniel Cowan, Portland's Maritime History with Arcadia publications. She will be releasing a paperback about steamboats called, Aboard the Portland: A History of the Northwest Steamers this year. She is also working on a funny travel and history book about South Korea and a new autobiographical work about her life since surviving a violent childhood.