Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors
(Part of the Great Lakes Books Series Series)
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A collection of stories, lyrics, music and folklore centered on the Great Lakes. White-winged schooners once dominated commerce and culture on the Great Lakes, and songs relieved the hours on board, but that way of life and its music ended when steam-driven mechanical boats swept schooners from the inland seas. Recognizing in the late 1930s, almost too late, that this rich oral tradition was going to the grave along with the last...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0814329977
ISBN13:9780814329979
Release Date:February 2002
Publisher:Wayne State University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
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