The Arctic Schooner Bowdoin: A Biography - Softcover

Thorndike, Virginia L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0945980523 ISBN 13: 9780945980520

Publisher: North Country Pr, 1995

Synopsis

This is a tribute to the "Bowdoin" and to the people who have sailed her, loved her, and called her home.

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Review:

Author Virginia Thorndike's love of sailing and great boats shines through in her lively portrait of this remarkable vessel. The 74-year-old Bowdoin comes alive through the personal journals, published records, and tales from dozens of people whose lives have been changed by their time spent with the schooner. Thorndike traces the Bowdoin's diverse lives from an exploration vessel and conscript in the Navy during WW II, to a museum exhibit and a classroom for Outward Bound. The biography includes historic, black-and-white photos of the Bowdoin and those who have sailed aboard her on more than 25 Arctic voyages, as well as outstanding color photos by acclaimed photographer Tom Stewart. Today, owned by Maine Maritime Academy, the Bowdoin is Maine's Official Sailing Vessel and a National Historic Landmark. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: North Country Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0945980523
• ISBN 13: 9780945980520
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 259