Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine
By: Frederic B. Hill
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781608934508
Subjects: Crooker Shipyard; Economic conditions; Businessmen; Shipbuilding; Shipyards; Biography; History
Description: "A history of the shipbuilding company of William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker discussing the family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: As good a ship as has been built in Bath; title: A lad from Marshfield; title: A vessel often earned her entire cost on one voyage; title: Youth of Charles and William Donnell Crooker; title: The Missouri Compromise : like a fire bell in the night; title: Another fine ship; title: Lumber South; cotton to Europe; immigrants to America; title: Easy to spell; harmonious in sound; agreeable in meaning; title: Hermitage North; title: The councilman from Ward Three; title: Wildes Perkins Walker and 'us : so grossly swindled?; title: "Off like a scalded hog"; title: A "year of unusual calamity of the high seas"; title: "The wealthiest burgher in the state of Maine"; title: "No one ever thought the business would ever die"; title: "Hit him; he has no friends"; title: An odd couple; title: The annoyances of Adrianna; title: The perfekt master; title: "Land's all right; but it's the sawmill that makes the money"; title: An unfortunate but honest man and the Panic of 1857; title: Crooker vs. Crooker; title: Emma and Arthur; title: Finding "Cousin Henry" : the Gold Rush swindler; title: From "Life of the lowly" to Appamattox; title: William Donnell Crooker's recovery; title: Ships, swindlers, and the curse of the White Falcon; title: A falling barometer; title: Afterword; title: Epilogue: "So you see, we have quite a Down East crowd"; title: Appendix A: List of Crooker ships; title: Appendix B: Descendants of Jonathan Crooker of Marshfield, MA; title: Appendix C: C & WD Crooker agreement with Johnson Rideout.