Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen: The Story of the Schooner Wawona

Discover the history of the three-masted schoonerWawonaand the quirky adventures of her captains and crews in the North Pacific.Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermenreveals the innovations ofWawona's builder, H.D. Bendixsen. Capt. Ralph E. "Matt" Peasley, "the big overgrown kid," became the most famous ship captain in America. Capt. Charles Foss called on the heavens for a breeze by wearing his wife's hats. And the crew caught hundreds of tons of cod in the stormy Bering Sea while secretly fermenting shipboard wine with canned fruit and sourdough starter. Complete with detailed illustrations, historical photographs, and great stories,Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermenrecreates a world that ended with the last sailing ships.Follansbee, Joe is the author of 'Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen: The Story of the Schooner Wawona', published 2006 under ISBN 9780595418336 and ISBN 0595418333.