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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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; Charles Henry Jeremiah Snider, 1879-1971, "The Skipper"; About the Old Schooners; Building a Schooner; Rigs; Stonehookers; Registration; The Fore-'n'-After; Whatchacallit; Fitting-Out Time Fifty Years Ago; Seagoing Teamsters; Making Hay in December; Port Credit; Sunday Scorching; Last Coal of Last Century; Brave Boat Work at Century's End; Chasing a Lithophone; Snider Mysteries; At the Foot of the Highlands; The Marysburgh; Perhaps This Solves the Highlands' Secret; Little Lady of Fifty-five Years Ago; Highland Creek and Rouge River; Port Union.

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