The Life & Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914 - Couverture souple

McAlister, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609497872 ISBN 13 : 9781609497873

Editeur : History Press, 2012

Synopsis

Born at sea on his father's whaling ship in 1861, Captain Abram Jones Slocum learned the seafaring life in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the last generation of iron men aboard commercial wooden sailing ships in the Atlantic. His voyages often took him around Cape Hatteras to Georgetown, South Carolina, to load lumber bound for northern cities. He sailed in all seasons, through storms and hurricanes, for twenty years as captain of two schooners, the Warren B. Potter and the City of Georgetown. He was respected in Georgetown, where he wooed his wife. His ship sank in a collision with an ocean liner in 1913, but he survived, only to be lost at sea a year later as captain of another schooner. Local author and wooden boat enthusiast Robert McAlister recounts Slocum's epic life through the end of the Age of Sail.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mac and Mary McAlister live at Belle Isle Plantation in Georgetown South Carolina. They cruised on sailboats for thirty years and now participate in the activities of the South Carolina Maritime Museum. He previously wrote Cruising Through Life and Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: History Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609497872
• ISBN 13: 9781609497873
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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