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Author : John B. Branson
Release : 2007
Genre : Bristol Bay (Alaska)
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Book Rating : 217/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Canneries, Cabins, and Caches of Bristol Bay, Alaska by : John B. Branson
Download or read book The Canneries, Cabins, and Caches of Bristol Bay, Alaska written by John B. Branson. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Jay Mjelde
Release : 2023-12-14
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 135/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Whaler to Clipper Ship by : Michael Jay Mjelde
Download or read book From Whaler to Clipper Ship written by Michael Jay Mjelde. This book was released on 2023-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Henry Gillespie (1857–1937), of Portland, Maine, went to sea as a young man of 17, serving as “able-bodied seaman” on a New Bedford whaler. Over the next 47 years he would advance to deck officer, then master of sailing and steam ships. He was commissioned as an officer in the US Navy during World War I, commanding vessels operating in the war zone. Following the war, he returned to merchant marine service until his retirement in 1921. Maritime historian Michael Jay Mjelde has chronicled the colorful life and career of this “down-east” man of the sea, mining available first-person accounts, interviews with family members, government records, and maritime archives on both coasts. The result is a narrative in clear, highly engaging prose that puts readers on the tilting decks and noisy wharfs frequented by Gillespie. Through Mjelde’s retelling of a remarkable life, the age of clipper ships, the Cape Horn trade, and oceangoing steamers comes into vivid relief, affording a richly embossed assessment of Captain Gillespie’s life and times. From Whaler to Clipper Ship adds a layer of full-bodied context to our understanding of this pivotal era in American maritime history. The wealth of detail will appeal to scholars, students, and maritime history enthusiasts.
Author : Tim Troll
Release : 2019-05-04
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Book Rating : 795/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sailing for Salmon by : Tim Troll
Download or read book Sailing for Salmon written by Tim Troll. This book was released on 2019-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bristol Bay in Southwest Alaska is one of the great commercial fisheries on earth. More than half of the world's sockeye salmon return to "The Bay" every year. Sailing for Salmon is a nostalgic look back, through photographs and recollections, on the "sailboat days," a time when these salmon were harvested from sailboats - a time still within living memory. These sailboats, called Bristol Bay double-enders, were well-crafted and beautiful, but obsolete for most of their history. The use of motorized fishing vessels was finally allowed in 1951. The Bristol Bay commercial fishery has changed much since then, but the sailboat remains the iconic image of a fishery born on the wind.
Author : Karen K. Gaul
Release : 2007
Genre : Clark, Lake (Alaska)
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Book Synopsis Nanutset Ch'u Q'udi Gu by : Karen K. Gaul
Download or read book Nanutset Ch'u Q'udi Gu written by Karen K. Gaul. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Balluta
Release : 2008
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Shtutda'ina Da'a Sheł Qudeł by : Andrew Balluta
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