The Tancook schooners : an island and its boats / Wayne M. O'Leary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Leary, Wayne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schooners--Nova Scotia--Tancook Island--History.

Schooners.

Shipbuilding--Nova Scotia--Tancook Island.

Shipbuilding.

Tancook Island (N.S.)--History.

Tancook Island (N.S.).

Physical Description:

xiv, 290 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wayne O'Leary provides detailed descriptions of how the schooners were conceived and perfected, and paints a vivid picture of life on Tancook from the late eighteenth century into the twentieth century. He shows how national and international developments affected the lives of the Tancook Islanders and the character and uses of the vessel for which they became famous. He also includes many stories about individual builders and a wealth of photographs and drawings. The Tancook Schooners will be of interest to maritime enthusiasts as well as maritime, economic, and social historians.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Figures, Photographs, and Maps

Preface

Prologue

The Setting

The Boats

The Economy

Last Years

Epilogue

Figures

Appendices

Reference Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85689-8

9786612856891

0-7735-6462-4

OCLC:

732601119