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- catalog abstract ""Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, schooner trade was a well-developed system of maritime transport for commodities such as grain, lumber, and iron. The schooner trade was as critical to the development of the Great Lakes region as covered wagons were to the Far West and paddle wheel steamers were to the South. Schooners sailed the Great Lakes in large numbers and played a formative role in the shaping of pioneer life throughout the region. The schooners that traveled the Lake Michigan basin succeeded in bringing a range of shoreline communities and four separate states into one coherent region. Although schooners successfully competed with steam vessels for more than a half century, wooden sailing ships could not match the scale of the giant steel bulk carriers that began to emerge from shipyards in the twentieth century. The Mary A. Gregory - one of the last schooners left - was torched, sunk, and buried in Lake Michigan in 1926. Schooner Passage is a history of these magnificent sailing vessels and their role in maritime trade along Lake Michigan." "Schooner Passage will interest scholars and students of Great Lakes and American history as well as the general reader interested in nineteenth-century western expansion."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12002504.
- catalog coverage "Michigan, Lake, Region History.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, schooner trade was a well-developed system of maritime transport for commodities such as grain, lumber, and iron. The schooner trade was as critical to the development of the Great Lakes region as covered wagons were to the Far West and paddle wheel steamers were to the South. Schooners sailed the Great Lakes in large numbers and played a formative role in the shaping of pioneer life throughout the region. The schooners that traveled the Lake Michigan basin succeeded in bringing a range of shoreline communities and four separate states into one coherent region.".
- catalog description "Although schooners successfully competed with steam vessels for more than a half century, wooden sailing ships could not match the scale of the giant steel bulk carriers that began to emerge from shipyards in the twentieth century. The Mary A. Gregory - one of the last schooners left - was torched, sunk, and buried in Lake Michigan in 1926. Schooner Passage is a history of these magnificent sailing vessels and their role in maritime trade along Lake Michigan." "Schooner Passage will interest scholars and students of Great Lakes and American history as well as the general reader interested in nineteenth-century western expansion."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-254) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "262 p. :".
- catalog identifier "081432911X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Great Lakes books".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Detroit : Wayne State University Press in association with the Chicago Maritime Society,".
- catalog spatial "Michigan, Lake".
- catalog spatial "Michigan, Lake, Region History.".
- catalog subject "386/.54/09774 21".
- catalog subject "HE630.M5 K37 2000".
- catalog subject "Schooners Michigan, Lake History.".
- catalog subject "Shipping Michigan, Lake History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Schooner passage : sailing ships and the Lake Michigan frontier / Theodore J. Karamanski.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".