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Lives & legends of the Christmas tree ships

Title
Lives & legends of the Christmas tree ships / Fred Neuschel.
Author
Neuschel, Fred.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Description
x, 276 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
"Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships brings the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes to life, using the tragic story of the schooner Rouse Simmons as a window into the robust but oft-forgotten communities that thrived along Lake Michigan from the Civil War to World War I."--BOOK JACKET.
Alternative Title
Lives and legends of the Christmas tree ships
Subject
  • Christmas tree industry > Michigan, Lake, Region > History > 20th century
  • Christmas trees > History > Michigan, Lake > 20th century
  • Intercoastal shipping > Michigan, Lake > History > 20th century
  • Michigan, Lake, Region > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index.
Contents
1. The disappearance of the schooner Rouse Simmons -- 2. Lake Michigan short-haul sailors -- 3. The sailors' school of hard knocks -- 4. Ahnapee, Wisconsin - a maritime community -- 5. The clique takes control -- 6. Sailors in the battle for the harbor -- 7. Ahnapee's golden decade -- 8. Captain McDonald, fortune seeker -- 9. Captain Armstrong : working for "the man" -- 10. The end of the maritime community -- 11. The last of the short-haul sailors -- 12. The Schuenemann brothers -- 13. Herman Schuenemann becomes Captain Santa -- 14. Lies, mistakes, and hoax -- 15. Unseaworthy -- 16. A story to pass on -- Vessels that engaged in the Christmas tree trade on Lake Michigan, 1876-19-20 -- Captains who engaged in the Christmas tree trade on Lake Michigan -- Newspaper reports of vessels used by or on behalf of august of Herman Schuenemann.
ISBN
  • 9780472116232 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0472116231 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007019155
OCLC
  • 124538855
  • ocn124538855
  • SCSB-5367758
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries