Tom Morris Library: Coasting Captain: Journals of Captain Leonard S. Tawes Relating His Career in Atlantic Coastwise Sailing Craft from 1868 to 1922

Title:	Coasting Captain: Journals of Captain Leonard S. Tawes Relating His Career in Atlantic Coastwise Sailing Craft from 1868 to 1922
BookID:	430
Authors:	Leonard S. Tawes
ISBN-10(13):	B0027ZCNWY
Publisher:	The Mariners Museum
Edition:	1st
Number of pages:	461
Language:	Not specified
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Description:	Captain Leonard S. Tawes was born in Accomack County, Virginia in 1853. Her started his maritime career at the age of 15 as a cook on a Chesapeake Bay oyster dredging pungy. In a group of hand-written journals he prepared in the 1920's he recorded his entire seagoing career so that his granddaughter would have some knowledge of his experiences. Unwittingly, he was documenting a phase of American shipping about which very little has been written.