The Arkansas Waterway by Ruth B. Mapes (First Edition), 1972 🛶🇺🇸🗺️ Lord of the Jungle and early 20th-century design

and early 20th-century design

verifiable link to the book's history

This book is perfectly suited for a curator of regional Americana

Genre: Memoir

appropriate wear for its antique age

The Arkansas Waterway by Ruth B. Mapes (First Edition), 1972 🛶🇺🇸🗺️ Lord of the Jungle and early 20th-century design1. Introduction This is a first edition of The Arkansas Waterway, a significant work of regional history by Ruth B. Mapes. Published in 1972, this book is a primary historical document that chronicles the development of the Arkansas River Navigation System. As a detailed, contemporary account of a major engineering project, this volume is a premier acquisition for any serious collector of civil engineering history, Americana, or regional non fiction.