The Life of John Fitch

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The Life of John Fitch is written by Thompson Westcott and published by Patavium Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1805232754 (ISBN 10) and 9781805232759 (ISBN 13).

Fascinating biography of engineer and inventor of the Steamboat: John Fitch. "In this narration are sketched the early career of the subject of the biography; his Revolutionary services to the State of New Jersey; his adventures in the wilds of Kentucky and Ohio; his captivity by Indians, and as a British prisoner; his exertions to obtain means to construct a steam-boat; his trials, failures, difficulties in building machinery, and his successful application of steam to the propulsion of three steam-boats on the Delaware; the abandonment of a fourth when nearly finished; the propulsion of a steam-boat at New York; his mortification at the lukewarmness of his countrymen as to the merit of his invention, and his final suicide, to escape from an existence persecuted by continual misfortunes."-Introduction.