Tragedy and triumph on the Great Lakes:

"Richard Gebhart traces the Atlantic-bound voyages of Great Lakes ships, recovering the voices of long-ago ship captains, along with their cargo manifests and itineraries. Drawing on research in old newspapers and maritime archives, he traces the construction of new ships and shipyards, the com...

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1. Verfasser: Gebhart, Richard (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: East Lansing Michigan State University Press [2024]
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Zusammenfassung:"Richard Gebhart traces the Atlantic-bound voyages of Great Lakes ships, recovering the voices of long-ago ship captains, along with their cargo manifests and itineraries. Drawing on research in old newspapers and maritime archives, he traces the construction of new ships and shipyards, the comings and goings and travails of the lakes' workhorses, and makes a visit to a boneyard where many ships ended their lives. Among many other lost tales, Gebhart brings back to light the rise of oil tankers, marking the great twentieth-century energy transition in shipping"--
Beschreibung:xii, 114 pages illustrations 23 cm
ISBN:9781611864830
9781628955163

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