Land of lost content, the Piscataqua River basin and the Isles of Shoals : the people, their dreams, their history, Robert H. Whittaker
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Land of lost content, the Piscataqua River basin and the Isles of Shoals : the people, their dreams, their history, Robert H. Whittaker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. [217]-221
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non fiction
Main title
Land of lost content
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14303729293331
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Robert H. Whittaker
Sub title
the Piscataqua River basin and the Isles of Shoals : the people, their dreams, their history
Summary
Base on the commentary from his boat tours of Portsmouth Harbor and the Isles of Shoals, Captain Bob Whittaker tells stories of the history and people of the area
Table of contents
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Life returns -- The people from the sea -- David Thomson and his dream -- New England lost and gained -- Stability and self-reliance -- Pirates and ghosts -- Seeds of revolt -- John Paul Jones comes to Portsmouth -- A new nation -- Public and private shipyards -- Thomas Laighton and the Grand Resort era -- The age of elegance -- Yankee clippers on Pisataqua -- Dynamite, prisons, and life between the wars -- Portsmouth and the submarine -- The conference years and a natural history saved -- Generations -- Appendix I : A chronology of boats and service to Appledore and Star Island from 1848 to 1993 -- Appendix II : Guests' entries in Captain Bob Whittaker's ship's log on M/V Thomas Laighton -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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