Title Robert J. Walker : the history and archaeology of a U.S. coast survey steamship / James P. Delgado and Stephen D. Nagiewicz ; with contributions from Vincent J. Capone, Matthew S. Lawrence, Dan Lieb, Deborah E. Marx, Lisa J. Stansbury, Peter F. Straub, and Albert E. Theberge.

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Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 226 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: A Dark and Stormy Night -- The U.S. Coast Survey, 1807-1844 -- The Coast Survey Expands and Acquires Steamships -- Charting America's Coast: Walker's Early Surveys -- Walker's Survey Career, 1849-1860 -- "A Most Disastrous Accident" -- Walker's Lost Crew -- The $25 Dollar Wreck -- Wreck Divers and Rediscovery -- The Robert J. Walker Shipwreck Project -- The Archaeology and Appreciation of a Steamship and Its Crew
Summary	"This book tells the story of the steamship Robert J. Walker, a coastal survey ship that sank with loss of 21 crew off the coast of New Jersey in 1860. Leaders in the efforts to document the shipwreck describe the history of the ship and the archaeology of the wreck, emphasizing the collaborative community participation that made the project successful"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Robert J. Walker (Ship) -- History.
	Shipwrecks -- New Jersey -- Atlantic Coast.
	Shipwrecks.
	New Jersey -- Atlantic Coast.
	Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
	North Atlantic Ocean.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Nagiewicz, Stephen D., author.
Other Form:	Print version: Delgado, James P.. Robert J. Walker Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020. 9780813066431 (DLC) 2019058785
ISBN	0813057531 electronic book
	9780813057538 electronic book
	9780813066431 hardcover

Title Robert J. Walker : the history and archaeology of a U.S. coast survey steamship / James P. Delgado and Stephen D. Nagiewicz ; with contributions from Vincent J. Capone, Matthew S. Lawrence, Dan Lieb, Deborah E. Marx, Lisa J. Stansbury, Peter F. Straub, and Albert E. Theberge.

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