The Tancook Schooners: An Island and It Boats
by O'Leary, Wayne M
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773512063
- ISBN 13
- 9780773512061
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal : McGill Queens Univ Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paper, xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; index.Wayne O'Leary provides detailed descriptions of how the schooners were conceived and perfected, and paints a vivid picture of life on Tancook from the late eighteenth century into the twentieth century. He shows how national and international developments affected the lives of the Tancook Islanders and the character and uses of the vessel for which they became famous. He also includes many stories about individual builders and a wealth of photographs and drawings. The Tancook Schooners will be of interest to maritime enthusiasts as well as maritime, economic, and social historians.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558717
- Title
- The Tancook Schooners: An Island and It Boats
- Author
- O'Leary, Wayne M
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773512063
- ISBN 13
- 9780773512061
- Publisher
- McGill Queens Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Construction navale Nouvelle-E?cosse Tancook Island, Fishing Goe?lettes Nouvelle-E?cosse Tancook Island Histoire, History Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Tancook Island, Schooners Schooners Nova Scotia Tancook Island History, Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Nova Scoti
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