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Stories from the Maine coast : skippers, ships and storms
- Title
- Stories from the Maine coast : skippers, ships and storms / Harry Gratwick ; foreword by Philip Conkling.
- Author
- Gratwick, Harry.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F27.A75 G727 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 126 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The history of Maine is inextricably tied to its coastline. The Atlantic connected Mainers to the rest of the world. The author relates the adventures of the skippers and their crews and other tales from Maine's shipping lanes.
- Subject
- Seafaring life > Maine > History
- Ships > Maine > History
- Shipbuilding > Maine
- Vie en mer > Maine > Histoire
- Navires > Maine > Histoire
- Construction navale > Maine
- Seafaring life
- Shipbuilding
- Ships
- Atlantic Coast (Me.) > History
- Ship captains > Maine > Biography
- Atlantique, Côte de l' (Maine) > Histoire
- Maine
- Maine > Atlantic Coast
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works
- Biographies
- History
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Skippers. -- The Lane family: a tradition of seafarers -- The coastal trader: Henry Lufkin of Deer Isle -- The sailing master: Edward Nicholas of Searsport -- The PT boat commander: Francis McAdoo -- Steam boats and smithy boats. -- Island steamboats in lore and war -- In search of the smithy boat: a maritime detective story -- Sloops and schooners. -- The professor builds a sloop -- The Rhodes 19 story -- The coaling schooner: Wyoming -- The arctic schooner: Bowdoin -- Storms and shipwrecks. -- Hurricanes in Maine -- The burning of royal tar -- The wreck of Castine -- Hit by lightning: a true story.
- ISBN
- 9781609492496
- 1609492498
- LCCN
- 2011047612
- OCLC
- ocn761538155
- 761538155
- SCSB-9519936
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library