The Great Lakes
The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners, Their Sailors,
and Their Cargoes
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The Great Lakes
Preface
Contents
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PART I The Ships, their Owners, their Sailors, and their Cargoes
I The Building of the Ships
II What the Ships Carry—Ore
III What the Ships Carry—Other Cargoes
IV Passenger Traffic and Summer Life
V The Romance and Tragedy of the Inland Seas
VI Buffalo and Duluth: the Alpha and Omega of the Lakes
VII A Trip on a Great Lakes Freighter
PART II Origin and History of the Lakes
I Origin and Early History
II The Lakes Change Masters
III The War of 1812 and After
INDEX
American Waterways
The Romance of the Colorado River
The Ohio River A COURSE OF EMPIRE
Narragansett Bay
The Great Lakes
The St. Lawrence River
The Niagara River
The Hudson River FROM OCEAN TO SOURCE
The Connecticut River AND THE Valley of the Connecticut THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEA
The Columbia River
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