Lost Maine Coastal Schooners

Author : Ingrid Grenon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231974
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Lost Maine Coastal Schooners written by Ingrid Grenon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-23 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic true stories of New England maritime history, with photos. Large, wooden-hulled schooners graced the seas of coastal Maine for more than a century as vessels of trade and commerce. With the advent of steam-powered craft, however, these elegant four-, five-, or six-masted wooden ships became obsolete and vanished from the harbors and horizons. The Edward Lawrence, the last of the six-masters, became her own funeral pyre in Portland Harbor, burning to ash before everyone’s eyes. The Carroll A. Deering washed ashore with no trace of her crew, empty as a ghost ship except for three cats and a pot of pea soup still cooking on the stove. In this testament to the beauty of the Maine coastal region, maritime history enthusiast Ingrid Grenon tells the story of these magnificent relics of the bygone Age of Sail and celebrates the people who devoted their lives to the sea.

Author : Ingrid Grenon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614233683
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Down East Schooners and Shipmasters written by Ingrid Grenon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-18 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is more iconic of Maine than the image of a majestic vessel, masts raised, gliding through the fog on the dark North Atlantic. From the early days of the search for a Northwest Passage to the quest for the mysterious and illusive Norumbega, the history of Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Bar Harbor and the rest of the Down East area has always traveled on schooners. Now, in the twenty-first century, these ships and their heritage are being preserved, and Mainers are sailing aboard them once again. In this collection, author Ingrid Grenon presents the most important and incredible stories from the decks of Down East's schooners, revealing how these remarkable vessels and Down East Maine are tied together.

Author : Eric Wiberg
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book U-Boats off Bermuda written by Eric Wiberg and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of 142 German and one Italian submarines, which patrolled the waters around BermudaThe Axis powers sank eighty Allied ships, one of them naval, for the loss of two submarines1,224 Allied sailors and passengers were landed in Bermuda during the warMore than steel on steel: this book tells of their survival voyages, rescue and reception For the first time, a book exposes an obscure theatre of the Second World War in great detail and comprehensively, not just in terms of geography, but also from the perspectives of both Allied and Axis participants. U-Boats off Bermuda provides details of specific U-Boat patrols and their commanders, as well as a general overview of the situation in the theatre of war around Bermuda. It is a detailed analysis of individual casualties, broken down by a) background of ship, b) background of U-Boat, c) attack method (surface and/or submersed), d) details of survivors and their plight at sea and e) their rescue, recuperation and repatriation. Detailed maps and illustrations provide a human face to what were often tragic attacks with fatal consequences. Did you know that half a dozen German submarines came close enough to the US Naval Operating Base in Bermuda to see Gibbs Hill? Or that hardy Canadians from a sunken trading schooner rowed and sailed their way to the remote island on their own? Allied pilots based in Bermuda sank two German U-Boats, rescued dozens in daring water landings and several crashed.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Windjammers of the Maine Coast written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Neale Haley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Schooner Era written by Neale Haley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Taryn Plumb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1608939707
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Haunted Maine Lighthouses written by Taryn Plumb and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about lighthouses that make them bastions of spiritual activity? Built for strength and permanence, they are nonetheless vulnerable, protecting lives yet isolated and remote. Unforgiving of human frailty, these outposts inevitably become the settings for tragedy—and for the spirits that linger on at the site of their ruined hopes, their sufferings, their obsessions. With its incessant fogs and infamously craggy coast, Maine has the second highest number of lighthouses in the country. Many of these 64 beacons are shrouded in wisps of rumor and mystery. There are ongoing strange and eerie events and occurrences that recall past violence or sadness—stranded crews who resorted to cannibalism, keepers driven to madness by unending days of blinding fog, children drowned in shipwrecks. Author Taryn Plumb explores the ghostly tales and mysteries surrounding Maine lighthouses. Some hauntings can be directly tied to a known historical event, while others seem to have no origin, yet all will enthrall you with their spookiness.

Author : Jim Sharp
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608930165
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book With Reckless Abandon written by Jim Sharp and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the inspiring story of a man who overcame childhood polio to live an adventure-filled life as captain of Maine's most famous windjammer, the schooner Adventure, now a National Historic Landmark in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Captain Jim shares his adventures afloat, his battles with bureaucracy, and even how he created one of Maine's most unusual restaurants.

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Annual Report of the Secretary of War written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army. Signal Corps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer Made to the Secretary of War for the Year ... written by United States. Army. Signal Corps and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1861-1891 include meteorological reports.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: