{"product_id":"the-charles-w-morgan-andrew-w-german-9781493084432","title":"The Charles W. Morgan: The World's Last Wooden Whaleship","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, the \u003ci\u003eCharles W. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e has a complex story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElaborating on earlier volumes on the ship's history at Mystic Seaport Museum, this new book offers an expanded account, chronicling the ship's construction and launch in 1841 through its Thirty-Eighth Voyage in 2014--the first time the \u003ci\u003eMorgan\u003c\/i\u003e had been sailed in more than ninety years--and its continuing role today as an historic icon and the Museum's flagship vessel. Chapters paint a picture of how whaling developed in Europe and the ways New England colonists adopted it as a profitable venture, and then, through the ship's own story, proceed to sketch the evolution of America's relationship with nature--and the whale, specifically--and with the many peoples of the world who were encountered by, or served aboard, a whaleship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a National Historic Landmark--one that reflects our changing relationship with the natural world and with the diverse populations of the globe through two centuries of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew W. German\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493084437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493084432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrew W. German","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110862704895,"sku":"9781493084432","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24c85504-4072-4aa3-b96e-5830f6d26985.jpg?v=1725469985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-charles-w-morgan-andrew-w-german-9781493084432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}