| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Marine, maritime, and coastal books
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Marine, maritime, and coastal books.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Brian J. Rouleau -- Early life -- From third mate to first mate -- Twice around Cape Horn -- Master in steam and sail -- Commanding the Kitsap -- The wreck of the Julia H. Ray -- Whalers in the Arctic -- Alaska and the salmon trade -- A married man -- Trouble on the Yangtze -- A court case -- To the Klondike for gold -- San Francisco earthquake, Yokohama typhoon -- The Peruvian oilfields -- Hurricane in the tropics -- War in Europe -- Arrested for murder -- A new owner for the H.K. Hall -- A run to Japan in a shipping board steamer -- A lost rudder -- Carrying coal to Peru -- An auto accident -- A Finnish sailor bests five Peruvian police -- Saving the charter of the Ella A. -- The last voyage of the schooner Ella A. -- Bound for home -- Afterword / David Hull -- Notes -- Glossary of nautical terms. |
| Summary |
During Daniel O. Killman's more than fifty years at sea, he was shipwrecked off Coos Bay, discovered gold in Alaska, was dismasted in a hurricane near Fiji, lost a rudder en route to Adelaide, had run-ins with bureaucrats, officials, and seamen, and found himself in court facing charges of murder, all the while remaining in impeccable standing with the owners of his vessels. His thrilling life at sea during the last decades of sailing ships and the emergence of steam vessels in the Pacific is chronicled in Forty Years Master: A Life in Sail and Steam. Edited and annotated nearly forty years af. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936 -- Travel.
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Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936. |
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Travel. |
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Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936.
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Sailing ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Sailing ships. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Steamboats -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Steamboats. |
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Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
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Ship captains. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Peru -- Description and travel.
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Peru. |
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Pacific Area -- Description and travel.
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Pacific Area. |
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Pacific Coast (North America) -- Description and travel.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Ellison, Rebecca Huycke, 1957- compiler.
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Huycke, Harold D., Jr., 1922-2007, editor.
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Lyman, John, 1915-1977, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936. Forty years master. First edition. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016] (DLC) 2015038788 |
| ISBN |
1623493811 |
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9781623493813 (electronic book) |
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9781623493806 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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