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"For more than four hundred years, New England shipyards have contributed significantly to America's maritime and naval supremacy. This compelling story is presented through the histories of seventy ships built from the colonial era down to modern tiimes. Well-known vessels like the 'Constitution, ' the 'Nautilus, ' the 'Flying Cloud' and the infamous whaleship 'Essex' are included, but so, too, are the lesser-known ships, including the ill-fated 'Wyoming' and the far-ranging voyager 'Union." Every type of vessel is covered --their builidng or voyages making nautical news, often in exciting fashion, and their exploits filled with adventure, danger, tragedy and survival ..." - Back cover

"This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail "--