Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved

Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages : 403
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ISBN-10 : 9781567924527
ISBN-13 : 1567924522
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved by : Stuart M. Frank

The New Bedford whaling fleet was the most numerous and arranging in the world, setting off on voyages that often lasted for years and extended as far as the Antarctic and Siberia. This title features over 700 detailed photos from the world's finest collection of scrimshaw, the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Safely Moored at Last

Safely Moored at Last
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Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000077220857
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Safely Moored at Last by : Christine A. Arato

New Bedford Mansions:

New Bedford Mansions:
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781626197916
ISBN-13 : 1626197911
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis New Bedford Mansions: by : Peggi Medeiros

The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant fa�ade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join author Peggi Medeiros as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

A Spectacle in Motion

A Spectacle in Motion
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Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 099751616X
ISBN-13 : 9780997516166
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis A Spectacle in Motion by :

O'er the Wide and Tractless Sea

O'er the Wide and Tractless Sea
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Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 0997516135
ISBN-13 : 9780997516135
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis O'er the Wide and Tractless Sea by : Michael P. Dyer (Historian)

The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress

The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781476640075
ISBN-13 : 1476640076
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress by : Daniel Gifford

The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.

William Bradford

William Bradford
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015057644646
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis William Bradford by : William Bradford

Presents 78 paintings by William Bradford (1823-1892) in full colour, from early ship portraits and harbor scenes to Arctic views

Thou Shalt Knot

Thou Shalt Knot
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Total Pages : 83
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ISBN-10 : 0997516143
ISBN-13 : 9780997516142
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Thou Shalt Knot by : Christina Connett

"The New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBWM) celebrates the work of the master knot tyer, maritime artist, historian, and author Clifford W. Ashley in a monumental exhibition in two of the Museum's most prestigious galleries. The exhibition premieres the recent gift to the Museum of Ashley's private knot collection alongside interpretive material from the Museum's permanent holdings as well as the artist's paintings, prints, and work by other knot tyers and artists Ashley inspired." -- page 11

Moby Dick

Moby Dick
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Publisher : Independently Published
Total Pages : 682
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ISBN-10 : 9798422979967
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Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Moby Dick by : Herman Melville

Moby Dick or The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world and the greatest book of the sea ever written. Its opening sentence, Call me Ishmael, is among world literature's most famous.

No Ordinary Being

No Ordinary Being
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 156792526X
ISBN-13 : 9781567925265
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis No Ordinary Being by : Llewellyn Howland (III.)

This book tells the life story of Boston-born aviation pioneer and yacht designer W. Starling Burgess.