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Mind at Sea : Henry Fry, and the Glorious Era of Quebec's Sailing Ships.
- Title
- Mind at Sea : Henry Fry, and the Glorious Era of Quebec's Sailing Ships.
- Author
- Fry, John.
- Publication
- Dundurn, 2013.
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- Description
- 256 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- A biography of Henry Fry, a Canadian ship broker, shipowner, and merchant based in Quebec City in the mid-19th century.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1877: Launch -- 1826-38: A love of sail -- 1838-53: The young merchant -- 1854: Life in Quebec begins -- 1854-56: Transatlantic feud -- 1856-59: Crime, business, and a wedding -- 1859-60: Lessons of losses; a princely visit -- 1861: The Mary Fry -- 1861-62: Family time -- 1861: A very public controversy -- 1863-65: Cargoes, comflagrations, confederation, committees, and church -- 1866-69: Good deeds rewarded -- 1868-69: A monumental gift -- 1869-72: So much for disobeying orders -- 1873: Welcoming the Dufferins, and free trade -- 1873: Battling the Crimps -- 1873 and before: Bettling the pilots union -- 1873: Deck loading: triumph of reform -- 1874: Britain or America, which to favour? -- 1874-76: Prosperity, but hard lessons -- 1877: The great ship Cosmo -- 1877: In the wake of the Cosmo -- 1878-82: Despond -- 1882-89: Miracle and mystery -- 1889-94: A mind at work -- 1894-96: A mind at work -- 1894-96: The history of North Atlantic steam navigation -- 1896: Voyage end -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9781459719293
- 1459719298
- OCLC
- 859183190
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library