Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes

Formac Publishing Company Limited, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001 1st edition Soft Card Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 144 pages. Oblong format pictorial soft covers. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs and drawings. A pictorial history of an industry that launched more than 26,000 vessels in an 80 years period. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains a gift inscription and is signed by the author.

The 19th century was the age of shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces: all along the coast men were turning trees into ships that would sail on the world's oceans. Farmers and fishermen became master craftsmen building huge, deep-water vessels.

In this beautifully illustrated volume, marine historian Stanley Spicer recaptures the age of sail and its many colourful characters. From hundreds of shipbuilders, Spicer has selected the Troops of Saint John, the Killam's of Yarmouth, Joseph Cunard in Bathurst, the Peake family of Prince Edward Island, John Young of Lunenburg and the Moshers in Avondale. Through these often-larger-than-life figures we explore the triumphs and tragedies of the Maritimes' great age of shipbuilding and ship owning.
The Age of Sail draws on a range of rich visual resources including ship portraits, archival photographs, engravings, and artifacts displayed in the collections of leading Maritime museums, adding depth to a gripping historical account.

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