Forty years master
Subtitle: a life in sail & steam
By: Daniel O. Killman ; edited and annotated by John Lyman and Harold D. Huycke Jr. ; compiled by Rebecca Huycke Ellison ; with an introduction by Brian J. Rouleau and an afterword by David Hull
Contributors: Lyman, John, 1915-1977, editor; Huycke, Harold D., Jr., 1922-2007, editor; Ellison, Rebecca Huycke, 1957- compiler
Edition: First edition.
Series: Marine, maritime, and coastal books; Marine, maritime, and coastal books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781623493806
Subjects: Ship captains; Description and travel; Travel; History; Sailing ships; Biography; Steamboats
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Brian J. Rouleau; title: Early life; title: From third mate to first mate; title: Twice around Cape Horn; title: Master in steam and sail; title: Commanding the Kitsap; title: The wreck of the Julia H. Ray; title: Whalers in the Arctic; title: Alaska and the salmon trade; title: A married man; title: Trouble on the Yangtze; title: A court case; title: To the Klondike for gold; title: San Francisco earthquake, Yokohama typhoon; title: The Peruvian oilfields; title: Hurricane in the tropics; title: War in Europe; title: Arrested for murder; title: A new owner for the H. K. Hall; title: A run to Japan in a shipping board steamer; title: A lost rudder; title: Carrying coal to Peru; title: An auto accident; title: A Finnish sailor bests five Peruvian police; title: Saving the charter of the Ella A.; title: The last voyage of the schooner Ella A.; title: Bound for home; title: Afterword / David Hull; title: Notes; title: Glossary of nautical terms.