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American sailing ships : their plans and history

Master seaman, shipbuilder and nautical chronicler Charles G. Davis here charts an anecdotal, highly personal course through our rich nautical history. Written in a style both entertaining and informal through which bubbles a genuine love of sailing vessels and sea lore, American Sailing Ships evoke...

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Main Author: Davis, Charles G. 1870-1959.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, 1984.
Subjects and Genres:
Sailing ships > United States.
Sailing ships > United States > History.
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260 |a New York :  |b Dover Publications,  |c 1984. 
300 |a xi, 196 pages, [31] pages of plates :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
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500 |a Originally published: Ships of the past. Salem, Mass. : Marine Research Society, 1929. 
500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a Block Island boats and pinkys -- The fishing schooner -- The Baltimore clipper and other southern craft -- The packet ship "Isaac Webb" -- The frigate "Raleigh" -- The frigate "Congress" -- Masts and spars of United States naval vessels -- List of plans of ships -- Plans of ships. 
530 |a Also issued online. 
504 |a Originally published: Ships of the past. Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1929. 
520 |a Master seaman, shipbuilder and nautical chronicler Charles G. Davis here charts an anecdotal, highly personal course through our rich nautical history. Written in a style both entertaining and informal through which bubbles a genuine love of sailing vessels and sea lore, American Sailing Ships evokes the very feel of salt spray and rolling decks. 
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