Author: Ken Martin
Publisher: Tilbury House Distr
ISBN: 9780884483076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
*2009 United State Maritime Literature Award*In the years following the American Civil War, Yankee sailing ships and shipyards were threatened by foreign competition and modernizing technology.
Patriarch of Maine Shipbuilding
Author: Ken Martin
Publisher: Tilbury House Distr
ISBN: 9780884483076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
*2009 United State Maritime Literature Award*In the years following the American Civil War, Yankee sailing ships and shipyards were threatened by foreign competition and modernizing technology.
Publisher: Tilbury House Distr
ISBN: 9780884483076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
*2009 United State Maritime Literature Award*In the years following the American Civil War, Yankee sailing ships and shipyards were threatened by foreign competition and modernizing technology.
Two Centuries of Maine Shipbuilding
Author: Nathan Lipfert
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608936821
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse. Celebrating the bicentennial of Maine, historian Nathan Lipfert, in cooperation with the Maine Maritime Museum explores the rich history of Maine shipbuilding. Though concentrating primarily on shipbuilding activity in the two centuries since statehood, the book begins with pre-1820 activity, including native canoe-making (the oldest known birchbark canoe is in a Maine museum) and colonial-period shipbuilding. Covering the entire coast, this rich visual history focuses on the industry and the vessels produced, highlighting Maine’s national and international importance in shipbuilding over the past two centuries, and its continuing relevance to national security, the fisheries, yachting and harbor craft.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608936821
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse. Celebrating the bicentennial of Maine, historian Nathan Lipfert, in cooperation with the Maine Maritime Museum explores the rich history of Maine shipbuilding. Though concentrating primarily on shipbuilding activity in the two centuries since statehood, the book begins with pre-1820 activity, including native canoe-making (the oldest known birchbark canoe is in a Maine museum) and colonial-period shipbuilding. Covering the entire coast, this rich visual history focuses on the industry and the vessels produced, highlighting Maine’s national and international importance in shipbuilding over the past two centuries, and its continuing relevance to national security, the fisheries, yachting and harbor craft.
Down East: An Illustrated History of Maritime Maine (2)
Author: Lincoln Paine
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884485668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
From the first explorers, to the century of ships, to our modern fisheries and diversification, Maine's maritime story is told in engaging detail. Lincoln Paine has laid down the framework for an understanding of Maine's maritime history by relating the population and landscape of today to their historic foundations. This engaging overview of Maine’s maritime history ranges from early Native American travel and fishing to pre-Plymouth European settlements, wars, international trade, shipbuilding, boom-and-bust fisheries, immigrant quarrymen, quick-lime production, yachting, and modern port facilities, all unfolding against one of the most dramatic seascapes on the planet. Down East can be read in an evening but will be referred to again and again. When the first edition was published in 2000, Walter Cronkite—a veteran Maine coastal sailor as well as The Most Trusted Man in America—wrote that “Paine’s economy of phrase and clarity of purpose make this book a delight.” Paine went on to write his monumental opus The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (PW starred review), but now returns to his first and most abiding love, the coast of Maine, to revise and update this gem of a book. The new edition is printed in a large, full-color format with a stunning complement of historical photos, paintings, charts, and illustrations, making this a truly visual journey along a storied coast.
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884485668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
From the first explorers, to the century of ships, to our modern fisheries and diversification, Maine's maritime story is told in engaging detail. Lincoln Paine has laid down the framework for an understanding of Maine's maritime history by relating the population and landscape of today to their historic foundations. This engaging overview of Maine’s maritime history ranges from early Native American travel and fishing to pre-Plymouth European settlements, wars, international trade, shipbuilding, boom-and-bust fisheries, immigrant quarrymen, quick-lime production, yachting, and modern port facilities, all unfolding against one of the most dramatic seascapes on the planet. Down East can be read in an evening but will be referred to again and again. When the first edition was published in 2000, Walter Cronkite—a veteran Maine coastal sailor as well as The Most Trusted Man in America—wrote that “Paine’s economy of phrase and clarity of purpose make this book a delight.” Paine went on to write his monumental opus The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (PW starred review), but now returns to his first and most abiding love, the coast of Maine, to revise and update this gem of a book. The new edition is printed in a large, full-color format with a stunning complement of historical photos, paintings, charts, and illustrations, making this a truly visual journey along a storied coast.
Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs
Author: Frederic B. Hill
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608934519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Brothers William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker were among the most prominent mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilders in Bath, Maine, itself one of the most prominent shipbuilding cities in the world during that time. This colorful history of the Crookers' company by the great-great grandson of William Donnell provides a thorough overview of a family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area, as well as a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in Maine during this time. Today, a small portion of Maine's twenty-first-century shipbuilder, Bath Iron Works, occupies land that was once the Crooker yard.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608934519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Brothers William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker were among the most prominent mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilders in Bath, Maine, itself one of the most prominent shipbuilding cities in the world during that time. This colorful history of the Crookers' company by the great-great grandson of William Donnell provides a thorough overview of a family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area, as well as a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in Maine during this time. Today, a small portion of Maine's twenty-first-century shipbuilder, Bath Iron Works, occupies land that was once the Crooker yard.
Maine
Author: Louis Clinton Hatch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
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Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
The Woodenboat
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Category : Boatbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
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Category : Boatbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Down East
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Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
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Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Calendars of the United States House of Representatives and History of Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A Night to Remember
Author: Walter Lord
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805077643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805077643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.
A Shipyard in Maine
Author: Ralph Linwood Snow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a new firm was established in Bath, Maine, at a time when established yards in the City of Ships were turning to steel construction. Percy & Small would set unrivaled records for wooden shipbuilding and ship management, launching 22 giant five-- and six--masted schooners (along with 16 four--masters) in two decades. Not just builders, Percy & Small also demonstrated an unusual knack for making money as managing owners of a large fleet of schooners, and the stories of their ships are told in these pages in wonderful detail. Doug Lee's meticulously researched construction drawings add immeasurably to the technical information presented in this book. Maritime enthusiasts and modelmakers will find a wealth of information here.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a new firm was established in Bath, Maine, at a time when established yards in the City of Ships were turning to steel construction. Percy & Small would set unrivaled records for wooden shipbuilding and ship management, launching 22 giant five-- and six--masted schooners (along with 16 four--masters) in two decades. Not just builders, Percy & Small also demonstrated an unusual knack for making money as managing owners of a large fleet of schooners, and the stories of their ships are told in these pages in wonderful detail. Doug Lee's meticulously researched construction drawings add immeasurably to the technical information presented in this book. Maritime enthusiasts and modelmakers will find a wealth of information here.