SHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES HISTORY BOOK STEAMER CLIPPER +

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THIS IS SHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES - 300 YEARS OF NAVIGATION, WRITTEN BY JAMES P. BARRY AND PUBLISHED IN 1974 BY HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS THIS HARD-TO-FIND 256 PAGE HARDBOUND DUST-JACKETED BOOK MEASURES 8 3/4" BY 11 1/4" AND IT IS FILLED WITH NUMEROUS RARE ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOS, AND DETAILED TEXT COVERING 300 YEARS OF SHIPPING HISTORY ON THE GREAT LAKES. DIVIDED INTO 7 CHAPTERS THIS RARE BOOK COVERS,1.) THE FUR TRADE - THE INDIAN CANOE, GRIFFON, THE BATEAU, OSWEGO AND LA MARQUISE DE VAUDREUIL, OUTAOUAISE, MICHEGON AND HURON, ONODAGA, NANCY, DETROIT, THE FUR TRADE CANOE, THE BATEAU, NIAGARA, PRINCE REGENT.2.) STEAM AND SETTLEMENT - FRONTENAC, WALK-IN-THE-WATER, THE CANOE OF GOVERNOR CASS, MICHIGAN, RAMSEY CROOKS, UNITED STATES, OSCEOLA, ERIE, VANDALIA.3.) OPENING THE WAY - GREAT WESTERN, U.S.S. MICHIGAN, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON, THE TIMBER RAFT, LAFAYETTE COOK, EUREKA, CHALLENGE, SAM WARD, THE FUR TRADE CANOE (II), COLUMBIA, MADEIRA PET.4.) TENSIONS - WESTERN WORLD, LADY ELGIN, COLLINGWOOD, RESCUE, MERCHANT, PHILO PARSONS, IRONSIDES, JAMES F. JOY, BRITOMART, CHICORA.5.) TRANSFORMATION - R.J. HACKETT AND FOREST CITY, THE FUR TRADE CANOE (III), JAPAN, THE MACKINAW BOAT, MOONLIGHT, LETTIE MAY, V.H. KETCHUM, GEORGE M. CASE, CHAMPION, ASIA, DAVID DOWS, IRON DUKE, ONOKO, ALGOMA, CORA A.6.) BIGGER AND BETTER - WESTERN RESERVE, CHARLES H. BRADLEY read more