Title Forty years master : a life in sail and steam / Daniel O. Killman ; edited and annotated by John Lyman and Harold D. Huycke Jr. ; compiled by Rebecca Huycke Ellison ; with an introduction by Brian J. Rouleau and an afterword by David Hull

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource Series Marine, maritime, and coastal books Marine, maritime, and coastal books. Contents Introduction / Brian J. Rouleau -- Early life -- From third mate to first mate -- Twice around Cape Horn -- Master in steam and sail -- Commanding the Kitsap -- The wreck of the Julia H. Ray -- Whalers in the Arctic -- Alaska and the salmon trade -- A married man -- Trouble on the Yangtze -- A court case -- To the Klondike for gold -- San Francisco earthquake, Yokohama typhoon -- The Peruvian oilfields -- Hurricane in the tropics -- War in Europe -- Arrested for murder -- A new owner for the H.K. Hall -- A run to Japan in a shipping board steamer -- A lost rudder -- Carrying coal to Peru -- An auto accident -- A Finnish sailor bests five Peruvian police -- Saving the charter of the Ella A. -- The last voyage of the schooner Ella A. -- Bound for home -- Afterword / David Hull -- Notes -- Glossary of nautical terms Summary During Daniel O. Killman's more than fifty years at sea, he was shipwrecked off Coos Bay, discovered gold in Alaska, was dismasted in a hurricane near Fiji, lost a rudder en route to Adelaide, had run-ins with bureaucrats, officials, and seamen, and found himself in court facing charges of murder, all the while remaining in impeccable standing with the owners of his vessels. His thrilling life at sea during the last decades of sailing ships and the emergence of steam vessels in the Pacific is chronicled in Forty Years Master: A Life in Sail and Steam. Edited and annotated nearly forty years af Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936 -- Travel Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936. SUBJECT Killman, Daniel O., 1860-1936 fast Subject Sailing ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century Steamboats -- United States -- History -- 19th century Ship captains -- United States -- Biography History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers. Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History. Sailing ships Ship captains Steamboats Travel SUBJECT Peru -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100191 Pacific Area -- Description and travel Pacific Coast (North America) -- Description and travel Subject North America -- Pacific Coast Pacific Area Peru United States Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Ellison, Rebecca Huycke, 1957- compiler. Huycke, Harold D., Jr., 1922-2007, editor. Lyman, John, 1915-1977, editor. LC no. 2015038788 ISBN 1623493811 9781623493813

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