New England Shipbuilding: Vessels That Made History
New England Shipbuilding: Vessels That Made History

Author: Glenn A. Knoblock

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-05-10

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1467147087

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For more than four hundred years, New England shipyards have contributed significantly to America's maritime and naval supremacy. This compelling story is presented through the histories of seventy ships built from the colonial era down to modern times. Well-known vessels like the Constitution, the Nautilus, the Flying Cloud and the infamous whaleship Essex are included, but so, too, are lesser-known ships, including the ill-fated Wyoming and the far-ranging voyager Union. Every type of vessel is covered--their building or voyages making nautical news, often in exciting fashion, and their exploits filled with adventure, danger, tragedy and survival. Historian and author Glenn A. Knoblock explores the construction, life and demise of these ships and details their contribution to our nation's maritime heritage.

Portrait of a Port
Portrait of a Port

Author: W. H. Bunting

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780674690769

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Portrait Of A Port is a classic portrayal of Boston's glorious maritime past opens a window onto the history of American port cities.

Nineteenth-Century Serial Narrative in Transnational Perspective, 1830s−1860s
Nineteenth-Century Serial Narrative in Transnational Perspective, 1830s−1860s

Author: Daniel Stein

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-05-24

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 3030158950

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This volume examines the emergence of modern popular culture between the 1830s and the 1860s, when popular storytelling meant serial storytelling and when new printing techniques and an expanding infrastructure brought serial entertainment to the masses. Analyzing fiction and non-fiction narratives from the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Brazil, Popular Culture—Serial Culture offers a transnational perspective on border-crossing serial genres from the roman feuilleton and the city mystery novel to abolitionist gift books and world’s fairs.

The First Tycoon
The First Tycoon

Author: T.J. Stiles

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2010-04-20

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13: 1400031745

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt’s humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.

Shipwrecks of Stellwagen Bank:
Shipwrecks of Stellwagen Bank:

Author: Matthew Lawrence, Deborah Marx and John Galluzzo

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1626198047

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Beneath the churning surface of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary rest the bones of shipwrecks and sailors alike. Massachusetts' ports connected its citizens to the world, and the number of merchant and fishing vessels grew alongside the nation's development. Hundreds of ships sank on the trade routes and fishing grounds between Cape Cod and Cape Ann. Their stories are waiting to be uncovered--from the ill-fated steamship Portland to collided schooners Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary and the burned dragger Joffre. Join historian John Galluzzo and maritime archaeologists Matthew Lawrence and Deborah Marx as they dive in to investigate the sunken vessels and captivating history of New England's only national marine sanctuary.