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Forty years master : a life in sail & steam /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936 (Author)
Other Authors: Lyman, John, 1915-1977 (Editor), Huycke, Harold D., Jr., 1922-2007 (Editor), Ellison, Rebecca Huycke, 1957- (Compiler)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Marine, maritime, and coastal books.
Subjects:
Killman, Daniel O., > 1860-1936.
Killman, Daniel O., > 1860-1936 > Travel.
Ship captains > United States > Biography.
Pacific Coast (North America) > Description and travel.
Pacific Area > Description and travel.
Peru > Description and travel.
Steamboats > United States > History > 19th century.
Sailing ships > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of 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.