Sailing the sweetwater seas : wooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 /
Jepson, George D., 1944-
Sailing the sweetwater seas : wooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 / Wooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 George D. Jepson. - xix, 178 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 x 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The Erie Canal and beyond -- Part 1. Working vessels evolve -- Schooners : the heartland sails into the industrial age -- Passenger steamers : the way west -- Steam barges : building a young nation -- Bulk freighters : America's long ships -- Part 2. Recreation, a rogue, and a legendary Great Lakes historian -- Cruise of the Abbie : an 1889 Lake Superior adventure -- Truscott Boat Manufacturing Company : a shining star of American industry -- "Roaring Dan" Seavey : Great Lakes rogue -- Henry Barkhausen : a Great Lakes mariner remembers.
"The story of the Great Lakes ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country's middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War. In text and photographs, this book tells the story of a bygone era, of mariners and Mackinaw boats, schooners and steamboats, all helping to advance the young nation westward"--
9781493072279 1493072277
2023002807
Ships, Wooden--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Wooden boats--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Merchant ships--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Seafaring life--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Sailors--Great Lakes (North America)--Biography.
Inland navigation--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Sailing the sweetwater seas : wooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 / Wooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 George D. Jepson. - xix, 178 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 x 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The Erie Canal and beyond -- Part 1. Working vessels evolve -- Schooners : the heartland sails into the industrial age -- Passenger steamers : the way west -- Steam barges : building a young nation -- Bulk freighters : America's long ships -- Part 2. Recreation, a rogue, and a legendary Great Lakes historian -- Cruise of the Abbie : an 1889 Lake Superior adventure -- Truscott Boat Manufacturing Company : a shining star of American industry -- "Roaring Dan" Seavey : Great Lakes rogue -- Henry Barkhausen : a Great Lakes mariner remembers.
"The story of the Great Lakes ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country's middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War. In text and photographs, this book tells the story of a bygone era, of mariners and Mackinaw boats, schooners and steamboats, all helping to advance the young nation westward"--
9781493072279 1493072277
2023002807
Ships, Wooden--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Wooden boats--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Merchant ships--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Seafaring life--History.--Great Lakes (North America)
Sailors--Great Lakes (North America)--Biography.
Inland navigation--History.--Great Lakes (North America)