Ships, ports, and pilots : a history of the piloting profession / Roger Clancy.

Author/creator Clancy, Roger, 1903-
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2012, ©1984.
Descriptionviii, 215 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Foreword -- The Needs and the Origins -- Rhodes -- Oleron -- The High and Mighty Pilots -- Transition -- Britannia -- Wisby and the Laws -- The Hanseatic League and More Ship Laws -- The French and Their Pilots -- Early American -- After the Mayflower -- The Virginians -- More of Chesapeake Bay -- After the Revolution -- Pilot Licensing in America -- Trends in Compulsory Pilotage -- Tugboats and a Tug-of-War -- The American Pilots' Association -- The War Goes On -- Accidents and Eloquence -- More of Stephen M. Sparkman -- Pilots as Gate Keepers -- The Fading Fight -- The Conflict Comes to an End -- Pilots in the First World War -- American Pilots Go to War Again -- The Pilots and the U.S. Coast Guard -- Semper Paratus -- Another Postwar Period -- A System Tailored for the Great Lakes -- Back to Sandy Hook -- The Making of a Pilot -- The Apprenticeship Programs -- A Time for Learning -- The Measure of Compensation -- Back to Boston -- The Boston Marine Society -- A Long Line of Schooners -- The "Canoes" and the "Yawls" -- A Pilotage Headquarters -- Pilots and Pirates -- The River Pilots -- Epitome -- The Busy-Body Meddlers -- Business as Usual.
Bibliography noteIncludes index.
ISBN0786473800
ISBN9780786473809

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Joyner General Stacks VK1515 .C58 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold