Wood on the bottom
Subtitle: Great Lakes shipwrecks
By: Frederick Stonehouse
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Avery Color Studios, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gwinn, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781892384508
Description: "For many centuries wood was the preferred material for ships, both salt and freshwater.  Masts, cabins, decks and hulls were all made from it.  It was strong, resilient, easy to work with and inexpensive.  Properly used and maintained, a wooden ship could last for many years.  But it was no guarantee of safety...  Stress of storm, collision, poor navigation, bad luck and human folly all played a part in sending thousands of wooden ships to the bottom of the Great Lakes, where they are quietly rotting away into the ages.  Wood on the bottom tells the dramatic tales of a dozen wooden shipwrecks"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Typical of the breed:; title: Sandusky --; title: Deadly night on the lake:; title: Lady Elgin --; title: cut down in the fog:; title: Oriole --; title: Triumph and tragedy:; title: Alvin Clark --; title: Clear weather collision:; title: Persian --; title: Into the breakers, shipwreck at  Marquette --; title: Climb the rocks:; title: Elma --; title: Sudden burst of steam and she was gone:; title: Pearl B. Campbell --; title: Most horrible tragedy:; title: Bon Voyage --; title: Fiery death:; title: Monohansett --; title: Hard luck schooner:; title: Emma L. Nielsen --; title: Sordid tale:; title: Rouse Simmons.