Robert Fulton: Inventor and Steamboat Builder
- ISBN-10
- 0766011410
- ISBN-13
- 9780766011410
- Series
- Robert Fulton
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Enslow Pub Incorporated
- Author
- James M. Flammang
Description
Discusses the life and work of the inventor who developed the steamboat and made it a commercial success.
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