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  • CENTRAL: Local History
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Schooner passage : sailing ships and the Lake Michigan frontier

Call Number

  • H 386 K1817 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Detroit : Wayne State University Press ; [Chicago] : Chicago Maritime Society, c2000.

Physical Description

262 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Contents

  • The evolution of the Lake Michigan schooner
  • The maritime frontier : schooners and urban development on the Lake Michigan shore
  • Before the mast and at the helm : captains and crews on Lake Michigan schooners
  • Schooner City : the life and times of the Chicago River port
  • Lost on Lake Michigan: wrecks, rescues, and navigational aids.

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