An untold chapter of maritime and military history during the Revolutionary War. On Halloween 1780 near Fort Niagara, the worst wreck in the history of Lake Ontario occurred. Legend of the Lake is the story of the building, launching, and foundering of Ontario during 1779-80, reconstructed from archival documents, including British Admiralty plans for the ship, upon which renowned maritime architect John W. McKay has based his scale-model drawings of Ontario. The book also features full-color paintings of the Ontario and ...
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An untold chapter of maritime and military history during the Revolutionary War. On Halloween 1780 near Fort Niagara, the worst wreck in the history of Lake Ontario occurred. Legend of the Lake is the story of the building, launching, and foundering of Ontario during 1779-80, reconstructed from archival documents, including British Admiralty plans for the ship, upon which renowned maritime architect John W. McKay has based his scale-model drawings of Ontario. The book also features full-color paintings of the Ontario and her sister ships Haldimand and Seneca. Of special interest to maritime historians is a full description of the techniques used in building the ship. For the military historian, the book provides a description of Ontario's armaments and the raids conducted from the ship into up-state New York. And for all readers, Legend of the Lake is a captivating tale of high adventure and mystery.
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John W. McKay & Dan Scoville & Jim Kennard. As New in As New jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) 1st. Edition of The New Discovery Edition 1997, Hardcover in the dust jacket 176 page book with black & white drawings and color, with black & white photos. This copy is signed & inscribed by Jim Kennard on the title page. A most interesting book on the Brig-Sloop ONTARIO and it discovery on the bottom of Lake Ontario. Condition: As New Size: 4to-over 9¾-12" tall.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 9x8x0; The Inside of the book is clean with no gift inscription or remarks inside. 159 pages with the index. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very Good+, Very Good+ Oblong 8vo, 159 pgs., B/W Phot & Ill, Hardcover. Hardcover. Beautiful clean crisp copy in a clean crisp dust jacket which has been placed in protective mylar.
