The Charles W. Morgan
the world's last wooden whaleship
$60.06
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2024
Summary
The Last Whale: The Charles W. Morgan and the End of an Era
As America’s oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, the Charles W. Morgan has a complex story to tell.
Elaborating on Mystic Seaport Museum’s earlier volumes on the Charles W. Morgan’s history, this new book offers an expanded account, chronicling the ship’s construction and launch in 1841 through its 38th Voyage in 2014—the first time the Morgan had been s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493084432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1493084437 |
| Author: | Andrew W. German, Mystic Seaport Museum, Mary K. Bercaw Edwards |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Imprint: | The Lyons Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 508g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
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About The Author
Andrew W. German
Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to “inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.”
Andrew W. German is former director of Mystic Seaport Museum’s Publications Department and coauthor of multiple Mystic/whaling-related books, including America and the Sea: A Maritime History and The Charles W. Morgan: A Picture History of an American Icon. He lives in Mystic, Connecticut.
Mary K. Bercaw Edwards is Professor of English and Director of Maritime Studies, University of Connecticut.
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