Tall Ships on Puget Sound (Images of America)

Fowler, Chuck an the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society

ISBN 10: 0738548146 / ISBN 13: 9780738548142

Published by Arcade Publishing, 2007

About this Item

127 pages, photos throughout. Minor wear.

Seller Inventory # 001601

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tall Ships on Puget Sound (Images of America)
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738548146
• ISBN 13: 9780738548142
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nautical History
  • Pacific Northwest

About this title

Synopsis

This engaging pictorial history tells of the tall sailing ships that came to the Pacific Northwest beginning in the mid-1700s. Met by native Salish people, the ships brought Spanish, British, Russian, and American explorers, as well as settlers and entrepreneurs, to the region. Over the next two centuries, during boom and bust periods, these majestic vessels have continued to ply the waters of Puget Sound. Today the proud tall ships operate in a training and education rather than commercial context; however, the commitment to preserving and promoting their heritage remains strong within the region, as well as throughout the United States and around the globe. This groundbreaking book features 180 rare photographs and illustrations that chronicle the colorful history of tall ships on Puget Sound.

About the Author

Author and maritime historian Chuck Fowler has hands-on experience aboard tall ships in Puget Sound and has researched and written about them for the past two decades. He is a national board member of the American Sail Training Association, headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island. Fowler is also a cofounder of the Pacific Northwest Maritime Heritage Council, an officer of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society in Seattle, and a former board member of Youth Adventure, a nonprofit youth sail-training organization that formerly owned the 1913 schooner Adventuress.