Ships and shipwrecks : stories from the Great Lakes / Richard Gebhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gebhart, Richard (Independent historian), author.

Series:

Greenstone Bks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ships--Great Lakes (North America)--History.

Ships.

Shipping--Great Lakes (North America)--History.

Shipping.

Shipwrecks--Great Lakes (North America)--History.

Shipwrecks.

Sailors--Great Lakes (North America)--History.

Sailors.

Great Lakes Region (North America)--Navigation--History.

Great Lakes Region (North America).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"In this book, Richard Gebhart tells the tales of Great Lakes ships and their captains and crews, from their launches to their sad demises-or sometimes, their celebrated retirements"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A linkage of coincidence : Havana, California, City of Green Bay

The immaculate disappearance of the Thomas Hume

Travels, triumphs and tragedy : the life of the Hattie A Estelle

The Gilcher goes missing

A detestable day along the Chicago lakefront : May 18, 1894

Distress again? The saga of the Red, White & Blue

Early days, early troubles : the Eastland sets sail

The coming of the yellow monster

The reluctant acceptance of wireless use on the Great Lakes

The remarkable remnants of the lost Sevona

Hard Bark Harry May and the mournful Arcadia

A longer look at the ungainly Choctaw

Mr. Plimsoll finally leaves his mark on the Great Lakes

Brotherhood of the Muskegon breakwater

The ghosts of Philo Parsons

The blue waters of the Juniata

Welland Good.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781948314114

1948314118

9781948314107

194831410X

OCLC:

1272993071