Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs : the rise and fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine /

"A history of the shipbuilding company of William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker discussing the family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Frederic B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Down East, [2016]
Temas:
Crooker, William Donnell, > 1805-1868.
Crooker, Charles, > 1797-1877.
Crooker Shipyard > History.
1800-1899
Shipyards > Maine > Bath > History > 19th century.
Shipbuilding > Maine > Bath > History > 19th century.
Businessmen > Maine > Bath > Biography.
Chantiers navals > Maine > Bath > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Construction navale > Maine > Bath > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Hommes d'affaires > Maine > Bath > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Businessmen
Economic history
Shipbuilding
Shipyards
Bath (Me.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Bath (Me.) > Biography.
Maine > Bath
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • As good a ship as has been built in Bath
  • A lad from Marshfield
  • A vessel often earned her entire cost on one voyage
  • Youth of Charles and William Donnell Crooker
  • The Missouri Compromise : like a fire bell in the night
  • Another fine ship
  • Lumber South; cotton to Europe; immigrants to America
  • Easy to spell; harmonious in sound; agreeable in meaning
  • Hermitage North
  • The councilman from Ward Three
  • Wildes Perkins Walker and 'us : so grossly swindled?
  • "Off like a scalded hog"
  • A "year of unusual calamity of the high seas"
  • "The wealthiest burgher in the state of Maine"
  • "No one ever thought the business would ever die"
  • "Hit him; he has no friends"
  • An odd couple
  • The annoyances of Adrianna
  • The perfekt master
  • "Land's all right; but it's the sawmill that makes the money"
  • An unfortunate but honest man and the Panic of 1857
  • Crooker vs. Crooker
  • Emma and Arthur
  • Finding "Cousin Henry" : the Gold Rush swindler
  • From "Life of the lowly" to Appamattox
  • William Donnell Crooker's recovery
  • Ships, swindlers, and the curse of the White Falcon
  • A falling barometer
  • Afterword
  • Epilogue: "So you see, we have quite a Down East crowd"
  • Appendix A: List of Crooker ships
  • Appendix B: Descendants of Jonathan Crooker of Marshfield, MA
  • Appendix C: C & WD Crooker agreement with Johnson Rideout.

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