Aleutian freighter
Subtitle: a history of shipping in the Aleutian Islands
By: James Mackovjak
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Documentary Media
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Seattle, Wash
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933245270
Subjects: Shipping; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Early fishing and fur harvesting effort; title: Essential service: mailboats on the Seward-Nikolski route; title: Mailboats and the freighters Western Trader and Western Pioneer; title: Kimbrell-Lawrence Transportation: "Ship west with the best"; title: Western Pioneer, the business; title: New entrants into the trade: Alaska Marine Charters and Aleut Alaska Shipping; title: Captains, crewmen, recreation, and alcohol; title: Changing the rules: the Magnuson Act opens a new frontier; title: New guys on the block: Coastal Transportation and Sunmar Shipping; title: Congress the facilitator: the Aleutian Trade Act; title: The Aleutian trade fleet: smaller and better; title: The business of Coastal Transportation.