Download or read book The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois written by Mark J. Wagner and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The discovery of the wreck of what is probably an early nineteenth-century flatboat in the bed of the Ohio River, the research conducted at the wreck site, and the possible causes of its sinking are described. Not a single intact original example of the flatboat vessel type has been known to exist. While the wreck is not completely intact, it provides new information about this boat form"--