12262. Clark, Admont G. They Built Clipper Ships in Their Back Yard. Yarmouth Port. 1963.
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12262. Clark, Admont G. They Built Clipper Ships in Their Back Yard. Yarmouth Port. 1963.
12262. Clark, Admont G. They Built Clipper Ships in Their Back Yard. Historical Monograph Number One. Parnassus Book Service, Yarmouth Port, Ma., 1963. 32pp, 12 b/w illustrations from photos, 4to, pictorial stiff wraps. Excellent account details ship construction at the Shiverick Ship Yard on Cape Cod in the 1800s, and the men who sailed them. The Shivricks were credited with “being the men who saved the Cape from having nothing but small craft to its credit” (Dr. Kittredge). Asa Shiverick, who learned the fundamentals of shipbuilding from Jeremiah Crowell, moved down the Cape from Falmouth to East Dennis while the War of 1812 was in progress, and set up his own small shipyard that turned out brigs, sloops, and schooners. Vessels detailed include the Revenge, Hippogriffe, Belle of the West, Kit Carson, Wild Hunter, Web foot, Christopher Hall, Ellen Sears. The paper cover includes an image of “The Belle of the West” Built in East Dennis in 1853. Great reading and reference. Clean, tight. (VG+). $18.