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greates t liner histo ri an (a nd summoner of peaceful gath eri ngs upo n the wate rs of o ur planet, from the Bicentennial's Op Sail ---'76 to this year's Op Ship---'84 at New Orleans): " Well done, Frank Braynard! " PS Britis h Steam Tugs, by P. N. Thomas (Wa ine Resea rch Publications , Mount Pleasant , Beamish La ne, Albrighton, Wolve rh am pton , WY7 3JJ , UK , 216pp, illu s. £ 15.95. Post-free wo rld w ide, dollars acce pted). This beaut ifu ll y illustrated , large-fo rmat book includes many detailed plans of th e craft described , and is obviously backed by voluminous research. It opens with the firs t days of the steam paddle tug ea rly in th e 19th centu ry. These tugs became of increasing importance in ass isting the vas t fleets of sai l round the rock-bo und a nd often sto rm -las hed British coasts. The sto ry is traced o n throug h th e deve lo pme nt of th e powerful sc rew tugs a nd ocean-go ing vessels whi ch appea red late in the century, and of th e salvage tugs o n th e d readed Good w ins Sands and elsewhe re, nava l tugs. especiall y in two World Wars, and tugs built fo r such spec ia l purposes as th e Lifeboat Service- until at length steam was replaced by the all -pervad ing diesel. . One of the more inte res ting recent sagas 1s that of the steam paddl e tu g Ep pl eton Hall , built o n the Tyne in 1914, resc ued and restored and steamed across the Atl a ntic in 1970 by Scott New hall and Ka rl Ko rtum , which steams in San Francisco Bay today as a wo rking mu seum piece. J AMES FORSYT HE
Major Forsyth e is Secretary of the World Ship Trust. Navies of the West, by Bernard Ireland (Ian Allen , Shepperton , Surrey, TWl7 8AS, UK 1984, l92pp, illus, £9. 95). A mos t comprehe nsive g uid e to th e navies of the Western powers, from the smallest fleets like th at oflreland , with ve ry few offshore patrol c raft , to th e vas t navy of th e United States and th e still sizabl e fl eets of France and Britain-all powers fo r which the seaways of the wo rld have major significance-this book deals with the vario us classes of vessels in an info rmati ve manner it provides not j ust a concise refe re nce, bu; a g uide to th e stre ngth s and weak nesses of Weste rn wa rship design. JAF T he Guiness Book of Sh ips and Shi pping Facts & Feats, by Tom Ha rtma n (Guiness Supe rl ati ves , 1984, 265 pp, illus. , £9. 95 UK , $19. 95 USA , $24. 95 CAN). A n abu nd a ntl y il lus tra ted " record ac hi eveme nts" c hroni cle of sea faring which makes s urpri singly good reading-
useful for c hecking dates and settling a rguments , though some a rguabl e conclusions are presented such as calling Preussen the fastest squ a re rigge r! The Aspinwall Empire, by Duncan S. Somerville (Mystic Seaport Muse um , Mystic CT 06355, 1983, 129pp, ill us, $12 pbk) . A close and sympathetic look at William H . Aspinwall , merchant prince of South Street , builderofthe first China clippers and of th e rail way across Panama that helped bring the clippe r era to an e nd. Deepl y studied , superbl y evocative of an era of challe nge and achievement. The Empress of China , by Philip Chadwick Foste r Smith (Philadelphia Maritime Museum 321 Chestnut St. , Philadelphia PA 19106, 1984, 33lpp, illus, $3 5.00 hdbk , $17 pbk). This beautifull y printed volume conveys a vivid picture of America's first China venture, by a schola r deeply versed in the pe ri od and in seafaring, who admires vision and courage and thwacks rascality where he finds it. Another worthy effort made possible by a Mellon Foundation gra nt . New York and the China Trade, by David Sanctuary Howa rd , intro. Conrad Edick Wright (New-Yo rk Histo rical Society, 170 Central Pa rk Wes t, New York NY 10024, 1984, l42 pp, illus, colo r, $18.95 pbk) . This catalog of the Society 's exhibition mounted to mark the bicentennial of the Empress voyage expresses the delicate cu lture Americans e nco unte rd in the Orient- an enco unte r ex plo red in a th o roughly worthwhile histo rical introduction . Silent Pilots: Figureheads in Mystic Seaport Museum , by Georgia W. Ham il to n (M ysti c Seaport Muse um , 1984, 169pp, ill us, $15 pbk). This handsome, author itati ve rev iew of the Seapo rt 's fi g urehead collecti o n is the second in a series of monographs o n the Seaport's collections funded by the Andrew W. Mell o n Foundation- a brilliantly successful effo rt to get th e collections more accessible and understood by sc ho la rs a nd the pub lic. If yo u have wonde red at the fo rward -leaning figures gazing towa rd fa r ho ri zo ns in the Wendell Bui lding, yo u w ill find your wonder deepe ned in thi s effo rt to unde rstand th ese evocative statues and th eir prove nance. CLIPPER CLASSIC A MERICAN CLIPPER SH IPS 1833· 58, by Howe an d Matth ews. 350 cli pper histo ries. TWO VO LUME BOXED SE T, 780 PAGES, 113 PLATES. S45 IMMEDIAT E DELI VERY
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