Kendall D. Gott's New Book 'Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles' Uncovers a Brilliant Novel That Dives Into the Steamboat Life and the War on the Waters
Recent release "Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles" from Covenant Books author Kendall D. Gott is a fascinating and historically accurate narrative around life in the waters that also explores boat acquisitions, manning, arming, and much more.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., January 10, 2020 (Newswire.com) - Kendall D. Gott is a retired army officer and a retired senior historian of the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He has completed his new book, “Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles”: an interesting revelation of the waves of struggle in building a navy on the western rivers.
Kendall writes, “This is the story of a young man with the ambition to crawl his way up in Victorian society by leaving the farm and signing onto a steamboat. After becoming a certified pilot, he is quickly swept up in the war he does not understand that divides the country and threatens his goals. He witnesses the militarization of the steamboat trade and the coming rise of the railroads. When the boat is acquired by the War Department for conversion to a ‘tinclad’ gunboat, he and other skilled men are contracted to the Navy and find themselves in the thick of the fighting on the western rivers. There, they must grapple with the moral complexities and the human and economic consequences of the war. The battles and locations are real, and the tale reveals the trials and tribulations of forming a navy on the western rivers. Such topics as boat acquisition, manning, and arming are presented in detail. Others such as leadership and race relations of the era are as well. This story is a unique and colorful over-the-shoulder look at steamboat life and the war on the rivers.”
Published by Covenant Books of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Kendall D. Gott’s new book shares an incredible account of a man with great dreams and ambition as he takes everyone into a journey across the waters.
Readers can purchase “Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.
Covenant Books is an international Christian owned and operated publishing house based in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Covenant Books specializes in all genres of work which appeal to the Christian market. For additional information or media inquiries, contact Covenant Books at 843-507-8373.
Source: Covenant Books