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White Squall : sailing the Great Lakes / Victoria Brehm.

Summary:
From the Native water monster who raised canoe-killing storms to thousand-foot cargo ships, sailing the Great Lakes has inspired autobiography, folksong, poetry, and fiction about some of the most beautiful, most dangerous, waters in the world. In the words of the men and women who lived them, here are the dangers and triumphs, the ghosts and mysteries, the daredevil risks and losses, spanning the worlds of Native journeys, wars on the lakes, early canoe travel, schooner work, yacht racing, steamer travel, and the great bulk carriers. Their accounts are edited with introductions and technical explanations, illustrated with photographs and drawings, and accompanied by notes and a glossary of sailing terms. Heavy-weather sailors, arm-chair sailors, and every reader in between will find something interesting. White Squall is a history of the lakes written by those who knew them best in all weather and all eras from the beginning to the present.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780970260611
  • ISBN: 097026061X
  • Physical Description: vi, 470 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, black and white photographs ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Tustin, Michigan : Ladyslipper Press, [2018]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes an index and bibliographic references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- White stone canoe -- War on the lakes -- The long journey -- Wing and wing -- St. Elmo's fire -- Daredevils -- Travellers -- Master mariners -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject: Shipping > Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Great Lakes (North America) > Social life and customs.
Great Lakes (North America) > Description and travel.

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