| The Life & Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914 Contributor(s): McAlister, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609497872 ISBN-13: 9781609497873 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012038831 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina |
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| Publisher Description: Born at sea on his father's whaling ship in 1861, Captain Abram Jones Slocum learned the seafaring life in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the last generation of iron men aboard commercial wooden sailing ships in the Atlantic. His voyages often took him around Cape Hatteras to Georgetown, South Carolina, to load lumber bound for northern cities. He sailed in all seasons, through storms and hurricanes, for twenty years as captain of two schooners, the Warren B. Potter and the City of Georgetown. He was respected in Georgetown, where he wooed his wife. His ship sank in a collision with an ocean liner in 1913, but he survived, only to be lost at sea a year later as captain of another schooner. Local author and wooden boat enthusiast Robert McAlister recounts Slocum's epic life through the end of the Age of Sail. |
Contributor Bio(s): McAlister, Robert: - Mac and Mary McAlister live at Belle Isle Plantation in Georgetown South Carolina. They cruised on sailboats for thirty years and now participate in the activities of the South Carolina Maritime Museum. He previously wrote Cruising Through Life and Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay. |