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Subjects
Waterfronts, History, Shanghaiing, Crime, Criminals, Biography, Sailors, Seafaring life, Moral conditions, Oregon, historyPeople
Jim Turk (1832-1895)Places
Oregon, Astoria (Or.), Portland (Or.)Times
19th centuryShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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The Oregon shanghaiers: Columbia River crimping from Astoria to Portland
2014, History Press
in English
1626194300 9781626194304
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Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland
2014, Arcadia Publishing
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Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland
2014, Arcadia Publishing
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1625849672 9781625849670
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction: the gentle art of shipping sailors
Can anything good come from San Francisco?
The Grant family of Astoria
Mr. Lawrence Malachi Sullivan comes to town
The palmy days of Jim Turk
Pirates of the port
The shanghaiing of Darius Norris
Citizen Turk
The unfortunate Mr. Beeby
The arrival of Joe "Bunco" Kelley
Before the blind goddess
Events leading up to the funeral of James Turk
A confederacy of crimps
Red lights burn out in the North End
The unquiet graves
Afterword: A tall tale of tunnels.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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