- Additional Authors
- Nagiewicz, Stephen D.
- Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "This book tells the story of the steamship Robert J. Walker, a coastal survey ship that sank with loss of 21 crew off the coast of New Jersey in 1860. Leaders in the efforts to document the shipwreck describe the history of the ship and the archaeology of the wreck, emphasizing the collaborative community participation that made the project successful"--
- Uniform Title
- Robert J. Walker (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Robert J. Walker (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction: A Dark and Stormy Night -- The U.S. Coast Survey, 1807-1844 -- The Coast Survey Expands and Acquires Steamships -- Charting America's Coast: Walker's Early Surveys -- Walker's Survey Career, 1849-1860 -- "A Most Disastrous Accident" -- Walker's Lost Crew -- The $25 Dollar Wreck -- Wreck Divers and Rediscovery -- The Robert J. Walker Shipwreck Project -- The Archaeology and Appreciation of a Steamship and Its Crew
- ISBN
- 9780813057538
- 9780813066431 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019058786
- OCLC
- ssj0002311096
- Author
Delgado, James P.
- Title
Robert J. Walker [electronic resource] : the history and archaeology of a U.S. Coast Survey steamship / James P. Delgado and Stephen D. Nagiewicz ; with Contributions from Vincent J. Capone, Matthew S. Lawrence, Dan Lieb, Deborah E. Marx, Lisa J. Stansbury, Peter F. Straub, and Albert E. Theberge.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Nagiewicz, Stephen D.
- Other Form:
Print version: Delgado, James P. Robert J. Walker Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020] 9780813066431 (DLC) 2019058785