Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865
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By Cyrus Townsend Brady 2 Nov, 2020
Just half a century had elapsed since, cutting down the virgin forest to make room for the ways, they laid her keel blocks in the clearing. With the cunning brain of Henry Eckford, one of the greatest of our shipbuilders, to plan, and the skilful han ... Read more
Just half a century had elapsed since, cutting down the virgin forest to make room for the ways, they laid her keel blocks in the clearing. With the cunning brain of Henry Eckford, one of the greatest of our shipbuilders, to plan, and the skilful hands of the New England shipwrights to execute, with timber cut by the sturdy woodsmen from where it stood in the forest, the giant frames rose apace, until presently, in an incredibly short time, there stood upon Ship House Point a mighty vessel ready for the launching. Less
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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian, and adventure writer. His best-known work is Indian Fights and Fighters. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsy...
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