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PADDLE STEAMERS (GLORY DAYS)

by David L. Williams

Published by Ian Allan. 1st. 2002

Very good condition. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Glory Days Series.

'This book was slightly damaged in transit and is now being sold at a bargain price' stamped in red to front endpaper. Cannot find any obvious damage! A very nice copy.

ISBN: 0711027722
Stock no. 1827410

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Contents

  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dawning of a Golden Age - A Review of Coastal Paddle-Steamer Services 1900-19
  • 2. The Inter-War Years: The Clyde Estuary and Loch Lomond; The Bristol Channel and Southwest England; The South Coast; The Thames, Medway and Humber Services
  • 3. In the Service of the Nation
  • 4. Postwar Revival
  • 5. Decline and Preservation
  • Appendices:
  • 1. Paddle steamers engaged in Operation 'Dynamo' - the evacuation of Dunkirk, May-June 1940
  • 2. Paddle-steamer literature

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