Forty years master :: a life in sail and steam /

During Daniel O. Killman's more than fifty years at sea, he was shipwrecked off Coos Bay, discovered gold in Alaska, was dismasted in a hurricane near Fiji, lost a rudder en route to Adelaide, had run-ins with bureaucrats, officials, and seamen, and found himself in court facing charges of murd...

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Main Author: Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936 (Author)
Other Authors: Ellison, Rebecca Huycke, 1957- (Compiler), Huycke, Harold D., Jr., 1922-2007 (Editor), Lyman, John, 1915-1977 (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Marine, maritime, and coastal books.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:During Daniel O. Killman's more than fifty years at sea, he was shipwrecked off Coos Bay, discovered gold in Alaska, was dismasted in a hurricane near Fiji, lost a rudder en route to Adelaide, had run-ins with bureaucrats, officials, and seamen, and found himself in court facing charges of murder, all the while remaining in impeccable standing with the owners of his vessels. His thrilling life at sea during the last decades of sailing ships and the emergence of steam vessels in the Pacific is chronicled in Forty Years Master: A Life in Sail and Steam. Edited and annotated nearly forty years af.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1623493811
9781623493813

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