Disasters Etc.: The Maritime World of Marblehead 1815-1865 - Hardcover

Kimball, John R. H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1931807361 ISBN 13: 9781931807364

Publisher: Peter E Randall Pub, 2005

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

John R.H. Kimball is a descendant of Marbleheaders and a lifelong pleasure sailor. To this background he adds a career as a financial lawyer, enabling him to explain the unique character of Marbleheaders, and the business and legal background of the fishing and shipping industries.

From the Inside Flap:

Marblehead, Massachusetts, was for two centuries the principal codfishing port of the new world, and at the same time raised large numbers of ship captains who set standards of competence and perseverance throughout the world's oceans. Yet little was known of this insular town during the 18th and 19th centuries by outsiders – a town that, in our day, has became a famous yachting center. Those outsiders that did visit Marblehead briefly and commented on it, criticized it for being backward, dirty, and immoral. This book describes what Marblehead seafarers were really like, and how the pervasive maritime life of the town created a class of fishermen and shipmasters with unique character, ability, and success. The fishermen were more productive than any other town's; the seamanship standards of the town are exemplified by the Marblehead captain of the clipper ship Flying Cloud and his Marblehead navigator wife, who set records of speed under sail that only recently were exceeded; and Joseph Story as a Supreme Court Justice established maritime law in the United States based on his experience growing up in Marblehead.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter E Randall Pub
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1931807361
• ISBN 13: 9781931807364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 202