The Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers and the Great Lakes are rich in history, tall tales and music. Come learn how canal boats, steamboats, tugs and barges, plus Great Lakes freighters played a major role in U.S. territorial and economic expansion. We will review the Steamboat Arabia, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and more. The grandson of a Great Lakes sailor, the instructor has visited the Great Lakes and rivers covered in the class and shares photos from his own collection, as well as film of large, modern vessels.

Instructor Bio: Carl Graves, Ph.D., holds a master's degree in US history from KU and a doctorate from Harvard. He taught at the university and community college levels, and at Kansas City's Pembroke Hill School.

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Course pre-requisites
(required) Stories and Songs of Big Rivers and the Great Lakes

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