Description of the Largest Ship in the World, the New Clipper Great Republic, of Boston: Designed, Built and Owned by Donald Mckay, and Commanded by C

Publisher Marketing: Title: Description of the largest ship in the world, the new clipper Great Republic, of Boston: designed, built and owned by Donald McKay, and commanded by Capt. L. McKay. Author: Duncan McLeanPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01390900CollectionID: CTRG94-B5148PublicationDate: 18530101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to Duncan McLean. Collation: 24 p., 6 folded leaves of plates: ill.; 24 cm Contributor Bio:  McLean, Duncan "A magnificent writer with liberal empathy for man's dark side," according to the "Daily Telegraph", Duncan McLean ("b." Fraserburgh, Scotland, 1964) is a novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His writing career began in the 1980s with the award winning Merry Mac Fun Co, a street theatre and comedy act for whom McLean wrote songs, plays and standup routines. The company won many awards, twice nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. McLean's first book, "Bucket of Tongues" was published in 1992. His plays include: "Aalst"; "Blackden"; "Highland Shorts"; "I'd Rather Go Blind"; "Julie Allerdyce"; "Long Gone Lonesome"; "Never Been in Baghdad"; "One Sure Thing"; "Portrait of the Artist as a Young God "and "Rug Comes To Shuv".