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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Description
297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shipwrecks are junction points of history. In seeking to make sense of the submerged material culture found in shipwrecks, this book explores maritime-related stories that shaped the Midwest and the nation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In shipwrecks, we find stories of the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, and the rise of large-scale agriculture, lumbering, and heavy industry. Individually and collectively,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Description
xix, 178 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of the Great Lakes ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country's middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War. In text and photographs, this book tells the story of a bygone era, of mariners and Mackinaw boats, schooners and steamboats, all helping to advance the young nation westward"--
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