Research Catalog

Title

Lives & legends of the Christmas tree ships / Fred Neuschel.

Author

Neuschel, Fred.

Publication

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2007.

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Details

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

• 1900-1999
• Christmas tree industry > Michigan, Lake, Region > History > 20th century
• Christmas trees > Transportation > History > Michigan, Lake > 20th century
• Intercoastal shipping > Michigan, Lake > History > 20th century
• Arbres de Noël > Transport > Histoire > Michigan, Lac > 20e siècle
• Christmas tree industry
• Commerce
• Intercoastal shipping
• Michigan, Lake, Region > Commerce > History > 20th century
• Lake Michigan
• Lake Michigan Region

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index.

Contents

The disappearance of the schooner Rouse Simmons -- Lake Michigan short-haul sailors -- The sailors' school of hard knocks -- Ahnapee, Wisconsin -- a maritime community -- The clique takes control -- Sailors in the battle for the harbor -- Ahnapee's golden decade -- Captain McDonald, fortune seeker -- Captain Armstrong : working for "the man" -- The end of the maritime community -- The last of the short-haul sailors -- The Schuenemann brothers -- Herman Schuenemann becomes Captain Santa -- Lies, mistakes, and hoax -- Unseaworthy -- A story to pass on.

ISBN

• 9780472116232
• 0472116231

LCCN

2007019155

OCLC

• ocn124538855
• 124538855
• SCSB-1447364

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library