Taking the sea
Subtitle: perilous waters, sunken ships, and the true story of the legendary wrecker captains
By: by Dennis M. Powers.
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780814413531
Subjects: Salvage -- United States -- History; Shipwrecks -- United States -- History; Ship captains -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early years; title: Wrecker chronicles; title: San Francisco Bay times; title: The tragedy of Merritt's Circassian; title: Dynamite Johnny and the Umatilla; title: Midwest and coastal operations; title: Success, sealing, and the Arctic; title: Failures follow accomplishment; title: Wrecks and a ghost ship; title: No reward without risk; title: Used parts, scrap, and a new bow; title: The decade of the Great War; title: The roaring twenties; title: As eras change.