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Ships and memories : merchant seafarers in Canada's age of steam / Eric W. Sager.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sager, Eric W., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merchant marine--Canada--History--20th century.
- Merchant marine.
- Merchant mariners--Canada--Biography.
- Merchant mariners.
- Steam-navigation--Canada--History.
- Steam-navigation.
- Sea stories.
- Authors, Canadian--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, Canadian.
- Shipping--Canada--History.
- Shipping.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Canada is a great maritime nation. Although ships and the sea have been part of its history for centuries, very little is known about the men and women who have worked in its coastal and lake fleets. Ships and Memories is a fascinating account of life at sea during the age of steam. In it, seafarers tell ther own stories and remember the good times as well as the bad, in peace and war and during the depression. Eric Sager draws on interviews with master mariners, engineers, able seamen, cooks, stewards, and many others who worked aboard steamships from 1920 to 1950.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Yarns
- Going to Sea
- Work
- Officers and Masters
- Class
- Family
- Masculinity
- Hazards
- War
- Union
- Canada
- Notes
- Glossary
- Sources and Collaborators
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22573-5
- 9786613225733
- 0-7748-5464-2
- OCLC:
- 191943833
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