Stories from the wreckage : a Great Lakes maritime history inspired by shipwrecks / John Odin Jensen.

By:

Jensen, John Odin

Publisher: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2019Description: 297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, charts ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780870209024 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

917.704 23

LOC classification:

G525 .J46 2019

Other classification:

TRA006010 | HIS036090 | TEC060000

Incomplete contents:

Contains chapters on the following ships (incomplete contents): Palace Steamer Niagara -- The Lumberman (schooner) -- The Schooner Kate Kelly.

Summary: "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, the chapters that comprise this book also place the Great Lakes against a broader background of international and national maritime processes that shaped the Upper Midwest during the 19th and early 20th centuries. For those interested in the Wisconsin or Midwestern history, yet unfamiliar with ships and the historical power of water, this book will also provide exciting new perspectives for understanding the past"-- Provided by publisher.

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"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, the chapters that comprise this book also place the Great Lakes against a broader background of international and national maritime processes that shaped the Upper Midwest during the 19th and early 20th centuries. For those interested in the Wisconsin or Midwestern history, yet unfamiliar with ships and the historical power of water, this book will also provide exciting new perspectives for understanding the past"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains chapters on the following ships (incomplete contents): Palace Steamer Niagara -- The Lumberman (schooner) -- The Schooner Kate Kelly.

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