Ships and Shipwrecks : Stories from the Great Lakes

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"In this book, Richard Gebhart tells the tales of Great Lakes ships and their captains and crews, from their launches to their sad demises-or sometimes, their celebrated retirements"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gebhart, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: : Michigan State University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shipwrecks.
Ships.
Shipping.
Sailors.
Navigation.
TRANSPORTATION / General
Marins > Grands Lacs (Amerique du Nord) > Histoire.
Naufrages > Grands Lacs (Amerique du Nord) > Histoire.
Navires > Grands Lacs (Amerique du Nord) > Histoire.
Sailors > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Shipwrecks > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Shipping > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Ships > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Great Lakes Region.
Great Lakes.
Grands Lacs, Region des (Amerique du Nord) > Navigation > Histoire.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Navigation > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A linkage of coincidence : Havana, California, City of Green Bay
  • The immaculate disappearance of the Thomas Hume
  • Travels, triumphs and tragedy : the life of the Hattie A Estelle
  • The Gilcher goes missing
  • A detestable day along the Chicago lakefront : May 18, 1894
  • Distress again? The saga of the Red, White & Blue
  • Early days, early troubles : the Eastland sets sail
  • The coming of the yellow monster
  • The reluctant acceptance of wireless use on the Great Lakes
  • The remarkable remnants of the lost Sevona
  • Hard Bark Harry May and the mournful Arcadia
  • A longer look at the ungainly Choctaw
  • Mr. Plimsoll finally leaves his mark on the Great Lakes
  • Brotherhood of the Muskegon breakwater
  • The ghosts of Philo Parsons
  • The blue waters of the Juniata
  • Welland Good.

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