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A Civil War gunboat in Pacific waters : life on board USS Saginaw / Hans Konrad Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.
Van Pelt Library VA65.S227 V36 2010
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Tilburg, Hans.
- Series:
- New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
- New perspectives on maritime and nautical archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saginaw (Steamer).
- United States. Navy.
- History.
- Seafaring life.
- Naval history.
- Pacific Area--History, Naval--19th century.
- Pacific Area.
- Seafaring life--Pacific Area--History--19th century.
- United States. Navy--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2010]
- Contents:
- A new ship for a new ocean
- Seasoning on the China station
- The Civil War on the Pacific Coast
- Hard times on coastal patrol
- Exploring Seward's icebox
- Hawai'i and the end of the archipelago
- The castaways of Ocean Island
- Afterword : legacy and shipwrecks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813035161
- 0813035163
- OCLC:
- 613426140
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