Eric Hirsimaki

Sail, Steam, and Diesel

Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Great Lakes ships over the centuries, from small birch-bark canoes originally used in the region to the massive thousand-footers of today. The author also looks at the economics of vessel operation in the context of the expanding scope of the shipping industry.

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• Verlag: Michigan State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 224mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 2228g
• ISBN-13: 9781611864441
• ISBN-10: 1611864445
• Artikelnr.: 69639545

Autorenporträt

Eric Hirsimaki spent his forty-year career working in various facets of the Great Lakes shipping industry. He has sailed on the lakes, worked in the fleet office, been an engineer for a marine construction firm, worked for a major ore-hauling railroad, and been involved in lower lake dock operations and management. He has written several books; one, Lima: The History, was nominated for the 1986 Railroad Book of the Year by the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. He has authored dozens of articles concerning Great Lakes shipping and railroad subjects for historical societies and commercial publications and been featured in several public television productions concerning the Great Lakes and railroads. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Corps of Engineers. He lives in North Olmsted, Ohio, with his wife Beverly; they have two daughters and one son