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A captivating reimagining of the intrepid woman who 8 months pregnant and with a toddler in tow braved violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America.The acclaimed author of The Seamstress of New Orleans brings to life Lydia Latrobe Roosevelts defiant journey of 1811 in this lush, evocative biographical novel for fans of Paula McLain, Gill Paul, Allison Pataki, and stories about extraordinary yet littleknown female adventurersIts a journey that most deem an insane impossibility. Yet on October 20th, 1811, Lydia Latrobe Rooseveltdaughter of one of the architects of the United States Capitolfearlessly boards the steamship New Orleans in Pittsburgh. Eight months pregnant and with a toddler in tow, Lydia is fiercely independent despite her youth. Shes also accustomed to defying convention. Against her fathers wishes, she married his much older business colleague, inventor Nicholas Rooseveltbuilder of the New Orleansand spent her honeymoon on a primitive flatboat. But the stakes for this trip are infinitely higher.If Nicholass untried steamboat reaches New Orleans, it will serve as a profitable packet ship between that city and Natchez, proving the power of steam as it travels up and down the Mississippi. Success in this venture would revolutionize travel and trade, open the west to expansion, and secure the Roosevelts future.Lydia had used her own architectural training to design the flatboats interior, including a bedroom, sitting area, and fireplace. The steamship, however, dwarfs the canoes and flatboats on the river. And no amount of power or comfort could shield its passengers from risk. Lydia believes herself ready for all the dangers aheadgrowing unrest among native people, disease or injury, and the turbulent Falls of the Ohio, a sixtyfoot drop long believed impassable in such a large boat.But there are other challenges in store, impossible to predict as Lydia boards that fall day. Challenges whichif survivedwill haunt and transform her, as surely as the journey will alter the course of a nation . . .
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