Tales from the Great Lakes : based on C.H.J. Snider's "Schooner days" /

For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world. C.H.J. Snider (1879...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snider, C. H. J. (Charles Henry Jeremiah), 1879-1971
Otros Autores: Townsend, Robert B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : Dundurn Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Ships > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Navires > Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord) > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Ships.
Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord) > Histoire.
Great Lakes.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world. C.H.J. Snider (1879-1971) chronicled this era in his 1,303 "Schooner Days" columns for Toronto's The Evening Telegram between 1931 and 1954. A great marine researcher and artist, Snider himself worked aboard schooners in his youth and studied first-hand the development of the Great Lakes region. Coupled with Snider
Descripción Física:1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9781554883028
1554883024
1550022342
9781550022346

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