{"product_id":"towboat-on-the-ohio-paperback","title":"Towboat on the Ohio - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames E. Casto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo get a personal look at what it is like to work on the Ohio River, newspaperman James E. Casto spent eight days aboard the \u003ci\u003eBlazer\u003c\/i\u003e as it traveled the Ohio from Huntington, West Virginia, to Pittsburgh, up the Allegheny and the Mongahela, and then back to Huntington. The \u003ci\u003ePaul G. Blazer\u003c\/i\u003e, a gleaming white towboat owned and operated by Ashland Oil, pushes a group -- or \"tow,\" as the rivermen call it -- of nine barges on this trip. Along the way, Casto introduces us to Captain Ronnie Davis, pilot Ronnie Burge, engineer Steve Bellomy, the mates, the deckhands, and the cook, as well as the river itself, the life and the beauty that are the Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with the narrative of the trip upriver and back is the history of commerce on the Ohio -- of how the flatboats and keelboats gave way to the steamboats and how, in turn, the steamboats were replaced by today's powerful, diesel-powered boats such as the \u003ci\u003eBlazer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Twain wrote that the Mississippi had a new story to tell every day. The same can be said of the Ohio. As engaging as it is informative, \u003ci\u003eTowboat on the Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e tells one of the many stories of the busy, hardworking Ohio River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames E. Casto\u003c\/b\u003e, associate editor of the Huntington \u003ci\u003eHerald-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, has written articles on the Ohio River for several periodicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757779484960,"sku":"9780813129709","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/82abbfd21599c989819ed7467421fbb7.webp?v=1780111526","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/towboat-on-the-ohio-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}