02501nam 2200349 450 991052466130332120221224154823.0(CKB)5360000000000992(NjHacI)995360000000000992(EXLCZ)99536000000000099220221224d2017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSteamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes /Mark L. ThompsonDetroit :Wayne State University Press,2017.1 online resource (231 pages) illustrationsGreat Lakes Books Series0-8143-3835-6 The Great Lakes shipping industry can trace its lineage to 1679 with the launching on Lake Erie of the Griffon, a sixty-foot galley weighing nearly fifty tons. Built by LaSalle, a French explorer who had been commissioned to search for a passage through North America to China, it was the first sailing ship to operate on the upper lakes, signaling the dawn of the Great Lakes shipping industry as we know it today. Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes is the most thorough and factual study of the Great Lakes shipping industry written this century. Author Mark L. Thompson tells the fascinating story of the world's most efficient bulk transportation system, describing the Great Lakes freighters, the cargoes of the great ships, and the men and women who have served as crew. He documents the dramatic changes that have taken places in the industry and looks at the critical role that Great Lakes shipping plays in the economic well-being of the U.S. and Canada, despite the fact tat the size of the fleet and the amount of cargo carried have declined dramatically in recent years. Spanning more than three centuries, from LaSalle's voyage in 1679, through 1975 with the mysterious sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, to life aboard today's thousand-foot behemoths, this important volume documents the evolution of the industry through its "Golden Age" at the end of the nineteenth century to the present, with a downsized U.S. fleet that numbers fewer than seventy vessels.SteamboatsHistorySteamboatsHistory.387.24Thompson Mark L.277407NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910524661303321Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes2996465UNINA01745nas 2200529-a 450 991068986420332120210918213024.0(OCoLC)60338901(CKB)2550000001348080(CONSER)--2011231108ocm60338901(EXLCZ)99255000000134808020050510b19972009 -a- aengur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNIDA notesA collection of articles that address women's health and gender differences[Rockville, Md.] National Institute on Drug Abuseelectronic texts, volumes HTML, digital PDF files"NN0013."2373-9002 NIDA notes.Collection of articles that address women's health and gender differencesCollection of articles that address women and sex/gender differences researchCollection of NIDA notes.Collection of NIDA notes.WomenSubstance useHealth aspectsUnited StatesSubstance abuseSex differencesUnited StatesSubstance abuseSex differencesfast(OCoLC)fst01136817United StatesfastWomenSubstance useHealth aspectsSubstance abuseSex differencesSubstance abuseSex differences.305.4National Institute on Drug Abuse.GPOGPOOCLSYBCUSGPOJOURNAL9910689864203321NIDA notes2060197UNINA