Stories from the Maine coast
Subtitle: skippers, ships and storms
By: Harry Gratwick
Publisher: History Press; The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781609492496
Subjects: Seafaring life; Ships; Shipbuilding; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Skippers.; title: The Lane family: a tradition of seafarers; title: The coastal trader: Henry Lufkin of Deer Isle; title: The sailing master: Edward Nicholas of Searsport; title: The PT boat commander: Francis McAdoo; title: Steam boats and smithy boats.; title: Island steamboats in lore and war; title: In search of the smithy boat: a maritime detective story; title: Sloops and schooners.; title: The professor builds a sloop; title: The Rhodes 19 story; title: The coaling schooner: Wyoming; title: The arctic schooner: Bowdoin; title: Storms and shipwrecks.; title: Hurricanes in Maine; title: The burning of royal tar; title: The wreck of Castine; title: Hit by lightning: a true story.