This is the story of a ship and her pioneer master, Moses Rogers,
who had the idea of making the first transatlantic voyage in a
steam-propelled vessel. His "laudable and meritorious experiment"
marked one of the world's maritime epochs.
The conception and building of the S. S. Savannah was guided by
the engineering genius of Captain Rogers who, with Robert Fulton,
was a leading exponent of steam in his day. The momentous voyage
began in Savannah, Georgia, in 1819, and took the courageous crew
to England, Sweden, and Russia. These were the elegant steam ship's
times of triumph. Yet she also had moments of pathos, from the
first doubts and fears of a public that dubbed her a "steam coffin"
to that sad day when a Washington newspaper said her engine could
be removed for only $200, leaving her "just as good" as any other
ship.
The previously untold story of the first steam-powered vessel to
cross the Atlantic is written in a scholarly, well-documented
fashion, yet with the color, imagination, and humor of the men who
lived it.
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