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Name: The Rivermen (Old West)
Author: Time-Life Books

📘 The Rivermen (Old West) by Time-Life Books

Traces the history of transportation on the Missouri River in the nineteenth century and its impact on the development of the West.

First publish date: 1975

Authors: Time-Life Books

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