Live Oaking: Southern Timber for Tall Ships - Rilegato

Wood, Virginia Steele

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ISBN 10: 1557509336 ISBN 13: 9781557509338

Casa editrice: Naval Inst Pr, 1995

Riassunto

A delightful historical review of a rather obscure topic, "live oaking," the term used by craftsmen who harvested the oaks of the South in order to build the great tall ships like the USS Constitution. Wood (reference specialist in naval and maritime history, Library of Congress) applies political, social, and economic commentary to the chronicle of life in the rather grim timber camps and to the industry which decimated this natural resource. The volume is beautifully illustrated with line drawings, maps, and reproductions from newspapers accounts, and includes excerpts from letters written by the "live oakers" to their loved ones in the North. Originally published in 1981 under the same title by Northeastern University Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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L'autore:

Virginia Steele Wood is the reference specialist in naval and maritime history at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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Book by Wood Virginia Steele

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Naval Inst Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1557509336
• ISBN 13: 9781557509338
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224