Title Ships, swindlers, and scalded hogs : the rise and fall of the Crooker Shipyard in Bath, Maine / Frederic B. Hill

Published Lanham, Maryland : Down East, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource Contents As good a ship as has been built in Bath -- A lad from Marshfield -- A vessel often earned her entire cost on one voyage -- Youth of Charles and William Donnell Crooker -- The Missouri Compromise : like a fire bell in the night -- Another fine ship -- Lumber South; cotton to Europe; immigrants to America -- Easy to spell; harmonious in sound; agreeable in meaning -- Hermitage North -- The councilman from Ward Three -- Wildes Perkins Walker and 'us : so grossly swindled? -- "Off like a scalded hog" -- A "year of unusual calamity of the high seas" -- "The wealthiest burgher in the state of Maine" -- "No one ever thought the business would ever die" -- "Hit him; he has no friends" -- An odd couple -- The annoyances of Adrianna -- The perfekt master -- "Land's all right; but it's the sawmill that makes the money" -- An unfortunate but honest man and the Panic of 1857 -- Crooker vs. Crooker -- Emma and Arthur -- Finding "Cousin Henry" : the Gold Rush swindler -- From "Life of the lowly" to Appamattox -- William Donnell Crooker's recovery -- Ships, swindlers, and the curse of the White Falcon -- A falling barometer -- Afterword -- Epilogue: "So you see, we have quite a Down East crowd" -- Appendix A: List of Crooker ships -- Appendix B: Descendants of Jonathan Crooker of Marshfield, MA -- Appendix C: C & WD Crooker agreement with Johnson Rideout Summary "A history of the shipbuilding company of William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker discussing the family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Crooker, William Donnell, 1805-1868. Crooker, Charles, 1797-1877. Crooker Shipyard -- History Shipyards -- Maine -- Bath -- History -- 19th century Shipbuilding -- Maine -- Bath -- History -- 19th century Businessmen -- Maine -- Bath -- Biography BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Businessmen Economic history Shipbuilding Shipyards SUBJECT Bath (Me.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Bath (Me.) -- Biography Subject Maine -- Bath Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2016030658 ISBN 9781608934515 1608934519

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