Andrew W. German

Charles W. Morgan (eBook, ePUB)

The World's Last Wooden Whaleship

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, Mystic Seaport Museum's flagship vessel, the Charles W. Morgan, tells a complex story-one that reflects our changing relationship with the natural world and with the diverse populations of the globe over two centuries of American history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493084463
• Artikelnr.: 72477700

Autorenporträt

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.