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Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs

the rise and fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine

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An edition of Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs (2016)

Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs

the rise and fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine

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"A history of the shipbuilding company of William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker discussing the family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area"--Provided by publisher.

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Down East Books
Language
English
Pages
273

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Table of Contents

As good a ship as has been built in Bath
A lad from Marshfield
A vessel often earned her entire cost on one voyage
Youth of Charles and William Donnell Crooker
The Missouri Compromise : like a fire bell in the night
Another fine ship
Lumber South; cotton to Europe; immigrants to America
Easy to spell; harmonious in sound; agreeable in meaning
Hermitage North
The councilman from Ward Three
Wildes Perkins Walker and 'us : so grossly swindled?
"Off like a scalded hog"
A "year of unusual calamity of the high seas"
"The wealthiest burgher in the state of Maine"
"No one ever thought the business would ever die"
"Hit him; he has no friends"
An odd couple
The annoyances of Adrianna
The perfekt master
"Land's all right; but it's the sawmill that makes the money"
An unfortunate but honest man and the Panic of 1857
Crooker vs. Crooker
Emma and Arthur
Finding "Cousin Henry" : the Gold Rush swindler
From "Life of the lowly" to Appamattox
William Donnell Crooker's recovery
Ships, swindlers, and the curse of the White Falcon
A falling barometer
Afterword
Epilogue: "So you see, we have quite a Down East crowd"
Appendix A: List of Crooker ships
Appendix B: Descendants of Jonathan Crooker of Marshfield, MA
Appendix C: C & WD Crooker agreement with Johnson Rideout.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
338.7/623809741/85
Library of Congress
VM299.6 .H55 2016, VM299.6.H55 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 273 pages
Number of pages
273

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27219961M
Internet Archive
shipsswindlerssc0000hill
ISBN 10
1608934500
ISBN 13
9781608934508
LCCN
2016008027
OCLC/WorldCat
908375229
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01H63QM2I

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