{"product_id":"the-charles-w-morgan-the-worlds-last-wooden-whaleship-paperback","title":"The Charles W. Morgan: The World's Last Wooden Whaleship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew W. German\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMystic Seaport Museum\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eMary K. Bercaw Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, the \u003ci\u003eCharles W. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e has a complex story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElaborating on earlier volumes on the ship's history at Mystic Seaport Museum, this new book offers an expanded account, chronicling the ship's construction and launch in 1841 through its Thirty-Eighth Voyage in 2014--the first time the \u003ci\u003eMorgan\u003c\/i\u003e had been sailed in more than ninety years--and its continuing role today as an historic icon and the Museum's flagship vessel. Chapters paint a picture of how whaling developed in Europe and the ways New England colonists adopted it as a profitable venture, and then, through the ship's own story, proceed to sketch the evolution of America's relationship with nature--and the whale, specifically--and with the many peoples of the world who were encountered by, or served aboard, a whaleship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a National Historic Landmark--one that reflects our changing relationship with the natural world and with the diverse populations of the globe through two centuries of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew W. German \u003c\/b\u003eis former director of Mystic Seaport Museum's Publications Department and coauthor of multiple Mystic\/whaling-related books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Charles W. Morgan: A Picture History of an American Icon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDown on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlagships of Mystic Seaport\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Mystic, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMystic Seaport Museum\u003c\/b\u003e is the nation's leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America's seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to \"inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary K. Bercaw Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Director of Maritime Studies, University of Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.5 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763366232352,"sku":"9781493084432","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/392aa65a333054270ba21a69c66dfd9c.webp?v=1780233372","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-charles-w-morgan-the-worlds-last-wooden-whaleship-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}