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GALVESTON'S Tl IE ELISSA TI IE T \LL S1 !IP C>F T EX.\S

by Kurt D. Voss All proceeds from this pictorial history benefit the ELISSA preservation fund

A Dream of Tall Ships How New Yorkers came together to save the city's sailing-ship waterfront by Peter and Norma Stanford with an Introduction by John Stobart, RA

This lively account of a great urban adventure begins in the 1960s with two New Yorkers who were committed to creating a maritime museum in Manhattan's old sailing ship waterfront-the South Street Seaport Museum. Entranced by the old brick buildings of the Fulton Fish Market neighborhood and aware of the rush of new office-bui lding construction in Lower Manhattan, they moved to save the old buildings as an historic district, and breathe new life into New York's old Street of Ships.

Published by Arcad ia Publishing and Galveston Historical Foundation $21.99. 128 pages, 200 photographs Autographed copies ava ilable at (409) 763-1877, or on line at:

www.tsm-elissa.org

The idea of recreating the old sailing-ship waterfront inspired young and old, rich and poor, Wall Streeters and blue-collar workers, seamen, firemen, policemen and teachers to work together to found a museum showcasing the ships that built the port, which built the city, which built the nation.

Hardcover, 400 pages, 24 pages of photos and illustrations

• $25.00 + $6.95 s/h in US; call for international rates

To order, visit the NMHS Ship's Store at www.scahistory.org, or call 9 I 4 737- 7878, ext. 0.

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