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12%OFFW.H. Bunting - Portrait of a Port - 9780674690769 - V9780674690769
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Portrait of a Port

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Description for Portrait of a Port Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 229ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1110.

Two hundred and thirty-four striking photographs of the port of Boston combine with interpretive commentary to recapture the flavor, buoyancy, and excitement of the city’s years as one of the two or three great American ports. After the Civil War Boston underwent a radical and successful transformation from a declining mercantile home port to an important and competitive modern seaport. At the same time the transition from sail to steam was taking place. Photographic studies of deep water sail and steam vessels, naval ships, fishing boats, catboats, tugs, schooners, and sloops, and of the picturesque wharves—all create a kaleidoscopic visual ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
538
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674690769
SKU
V9780674690769
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About W.H. Bunting
W. H. Bunting, a graduate of Harvard University, worked as a commercial fisherman.

Reviews for Portrait of a Port
Easily the best collection of historical marine photographs published in many years… This book gives a wonderfully representative cross section of a busy East Coast seaport in the last half of the nineteenth century.
National Fisherman
Following Bunting’s text is rather like being taken on a tour of a port by a venerable harbor pilot. Crisp and competent, ... Read more

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