Namesakes of the Lakes; A factual story with photographs of every currently existing commercial freight vessel and carferry in the Great Lakes fleet telling the "why" and the meaning of each vessel's name
by Greenwood, John Orville, and Bowen, Dana Thomas (Foreword by)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine. No dust jacket. Light top page block blemishing. Light erasure, end paper corner. Otherwise clean, unmarked.
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
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- Alibris.Sh0670008030
- Title
- Namesakes of the Lakes; A factual story with photographs of every currently existing commercial freight vessel and carferry in the Great Lakes fleet telling the "why" and the meaning of each vessel's name
- Author
- Greenwood, John Orville, and Bowen, Dana Thomas (Foreword by)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine. No dust jacket. Light top page block blemishing. Light erasure, end paper corner. Otherwise clean, unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated 1st printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Freshwater Press.
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland OH.
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- American and Canadian bulk freighters, self-unloaders, car ferry, fuel bunkering vessel|Great Lakes shipping
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ships & Boats;
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