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Schooner Sultana: Building a Chesapeake Legacy
Drew McMullen
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Description for Schooner Sultana: Building a Chesapeake Legacy
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, 184 color photographs, 8 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: WGG; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1076.
The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea—building a reproduction of an eighteenth-century schooner to be a floating classroom on the Chesapeake Bay—originated with John Swain, and in the foreword to this book he sums up the many facets of a shipbuilding project that became the focus of community spirit. He invites readers to share in the experience, and share they will as the pages lead from impossible to absolute reality. The book tells Sultana’s story through two perspectives. Lucian Niemeyer’s outstanding ... Read more
The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea—building a reproduction of an eighteenth-century schooner to be a floating classroom on the Chesapeake Bay—originated with John Swain, and in the foreword to this book he sums up the many facets of a shipbuilding project that became the focus of community spirit. He invites readers to share in the experience, and share they will as the pages lead from impossible to absolute reality. The book tells Sultana’s story through two perspectives. Lucian Niemeyer’s outstanding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870335389
SKU
V9780870335389
Shipping Time
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