The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress - New Bedford, Chicago and the Twilight of an Industry

The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

One. New Bedford-June 8, 1892

Two. New Bedford, 1851

Three. Somewhere in the South Atlantic, 1858

Four. New Bedford, 1865

Five. The Arctic, 1871

Six. New Bedford, 1880

Seven. Chicago, 1892

Eight. Lake Ontario, 1892

Nine. Chicago, 1892

Ten. New Bedford, 1904

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Daniel Gifford, Ph.D.'s career spans academia and public history, including George Mason University, George Washington University, and the Smithsonian Institution. A scholar of American popular culture and museums studies, he currently teaches at several universities near his home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Gifford, Gifford Daniel
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2020
• EAN: 9781476682150
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8215-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 277 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, maritime history, Ships and boats: general interest, Ships & boats: general interest, Fisheries & Related Industries