Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships

Informationen zum Autor Fred Neuschel was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and lives with his wife in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and has worked for thirty years in mental health chaplaincy and counseling. His previous historical work has been published in Inland Seas, Voyageur, Chicago History , and Wisconsin Magazine of History . Klappentext Features the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes. This book uses the tragic story of the schooner Rouse Simmons as a window into the robust but communities that thrived along Lake Michigan from the Civil War to World War I. Zusammenfassung The real life stories behind one of the most popular tales of the Great Lakes---the 1912 sinking of the Rouse Simmons

Product details

• Authors: Fred Neuschel, Frederick H Neuschel, Frederick H. Neuschel
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2009
• EAN: 9780472033669
• ISBN: 978-0-472-03366-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous