The Oregon shanghaiers
Subtitle: Columbia River crimping from Astoria to Portland
By: Barney Blalock
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781626194304
Subjects: Waterfronts; History; Shanghaiing; Crime; Criminals; Biography; Sailors; Seafaring life; Moral conditions
Other titles: Columbia River crimping from Portland to Astoria
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the gentle art of shipping sailors; title: Can anything good come from San Francisco?; title: The Grant family of Astoria; title: Mr. Lawrence Malachi Sullivan comes to town; title: The palmy days of Jim Turk; title: Pirates of the port; title: The shanghaiing of Darius Norris; title: Citizen Turk; title: The unfortunate Mr. Beeby; title: The arrival of Joe "Bunco" Kelley; title: Before the blind goddess; title: Events leading up to the funeral of James Turk; title: A confederacy of crimps; title: Red lights burn out in the North End; title: The unquiet graves; title: Afterword: A tall tale of tunnels.