A maritime history of Salem, Massachusetts, its ships and sailors, and an era of American seafaring achievement. Ralph D. Paine records the port's trading voyages, including vessels such as the Panay, bound from Boston to Manila. It offers a warm, detailed look at the age of sail.
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Opening of the book
THE SHIPS AND SAILORS
OF OLD SALEM
The Panay, one of the last of the Salem fleet bound out from Boston to
Manila twenty-five years ago
THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM THE RECORD OF A BRILLIANT ERA OF AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT BY RALPH D. PAINE Author of “The Greater America,” “The Romance of an Old-Time Shipmaster,” etc. NEW EDITION ILLUSTRATED >A·C·McCLURG & CO CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912
Copyright, 1908, by THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY Copyright, 1912, by A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO All Rights Reserved The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO
“THE MERCHANTMEN” “Beyond all outer charting We sailed where none have sailed, And saw the land-lights burning On islands none have hailed; Our hair stood up for wonder, But when the night was done, There danced the deep to windward Blue-empty ’neath the sun.” RǼŠΏĵǡŠ KƗǙƯƗƿƄ. “We’re outward bound this very day, Good-bye, fare you well, Good-bye, fare you well. We’re outward bound this very day, Hurrah, my boys, we’re outward bound.” (From a chantey sung while sheeting home topsails.)
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