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A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters Paperback - 1999

by Mark L. Thompson


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In this firsthand account of life aboard the ships of the Great Lakes, Mark Thompson weaves together the threads of a story that relives a centuries-old tradition. Thompson began his logbook after he reported for duty aboard the Calcite II at Fraser Shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin, for the 1996 shipping season. A Sailor's Logbook is the first such book to chronicle a sailor's life at the end of the twentieth century. Not just a detailing of weather, cargo, and crew relations, A Sailor's Logbook is also an account of the daily lives of a diverse group of crewmembers as they share their sailing knowledge, "sea stories," and the many memories that accompany the pictures. Although there are ample resources in museums, archival collections, and company files regarding statistical logbook information, A Sailor's Logbook details the intricacies of daily life on a Great Lakes freighter. Thompson navigates the reader through the waters of the Great Lakes and his own life in this very special narrative.

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  • Title A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters
  • Author Mark L. Thompson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-06-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780814328446 / 081432844X
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.03 x 6.12 x 0.84 in (22.94 x 15.54 x 2.13 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Michigan
  • Library of Congress subjects Seafaring life - Great Lakes (North America), Merchant mariners - Great Lakes (North
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-45995
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Mark Thompson spends most of the year working as an officer aboard the ships of the USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.
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