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001			on1376005089
003			OCoLC
005			20240103120745.0
008			230130s2023 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2023002807
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020			_a9781493072279 _q(cloth)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1376005089
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092			_a623.8207 _bJ54
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aJepson, George D., _d1944- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSailing the sweetwater seas : _bwooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 / _cGeorge D. Jepson.
246	3	0	_aWooden boats and ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940
263			_a2312
264		1	_aEssex, Connecticut : _bSheridan House, _c2023.
300			_axix, 178 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c23 x 29 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aShips, Wooden _zGreat Lakes (North America) _xHistory.
650		0	_aWooden boats _zGreat Lakes (North America) _xHistory.
650		0	_aMerchant ships _zGreat Lakes (North America) _xHistory.
650		0	_aSeafaring life _zGreat Lakes (North America) _xHistory.
650		0	_aSailors _zGreat Lakes (North America) _vBiography.
650		0	_aInland navigation _zGreat Lakes (North America) _xHistory.
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