James Oliver Curwood

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

PART I The Ships, their Owners, their Sailors, and their Cargoes

I The Building of the Ships

II What the Ships Carry Ore

III What the Ships Carry Other Cargoes

IV Passenger Traffic and Summer Life

V The Romance and Tragedy of the Inland Seas

VI Buffalo and Duluth: the Alpha and Omega of the Lakes

VII A Trip on a Great Lakes Freighter

PART II Origin and History of the Lakes

I Origin and Early History

II The Lakes Change Masters

III The War of 1812 and After

INDEX

American Waterways The Romance of the Colorado River

Transcriber's Notes

The Fountain of the Great Lakes

Lorado Taft, Sculptor

The Great Lakes

The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners,
Their Sailors, and Their Cargoes

Together with
A Brief History of Our Inland Seas

By
James Oliver Curwood

With 72 Illustrations and a Map

G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1909

Copyright, 1909
BY
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

TO HIS
FATHER AND MOTHER
WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT AND FAITH IN HIM HAVE BEEN UNFAILING,
THE AUTHOR
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATES THIS BOOK