Clark, Arthur H. The dipper ship era; an epiluiiie nf fartious American and British clipper 

 ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 784J~1869. New York anci 

 London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910, pp. xii+404, illustr. 



A short history of the American clipper ship, with personal recollections and 

 opinions. 



Cutler, C..\rl C. Greyhounds of the sea; the story of the American clipper ship. New York 

 and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930, pp. xxvii+592, illustr. 



Standard history of the American clipper ship, with some plans, a list of 

 packets, some lines drawings, and extensive discussion of the ships, their 

 builders, their design, and sailing records. 



Davis, Charles G. Ships of the past. Salem, Massachusetts, The Marine Research 

 .Society, 1929, pp. xi+170, illustr. 



Contains short and inaccurate history of the development of the New England 

 fishing schooner and some useful information on individual schooners, including 

 photographs, plans, and sketches of details. Plans of New England and Nova 

 Scotian pinkies. New Orleans lugger, and Block Island boat. 



Eastman, Ralph M. Pilots and pilot boats of Boston Harbor. Boston, Second Bank — 

 State Street Trust Company, 1956, pp. x+89, illustr. (some in color). 

 Pictures of boats and a short account of Boston pilotage. 



Fairburn, William Armstrong. Merchant sail. Center Lovell, Maine, Fairburn 

 Marine Educational Foundation, Inc. (privately printed and distributed), 

 1954-55, 6 vols., no plans or illustr. 



Deals with freighting ships, clipper ships, and clown-Easters. Contains a list 

 of packet ships and an extensive discussion of their design and records. Fair- 

 burn was naval architect for the Sewalls of Bath, Maine, at the end of the sailing 

 ship period. He deals extensively with the little-recognized influences of eco- 

 nomics on sailing ship design in the 19th century. Interesting and controversial 

 evaluation of McKay and other clipper ship designers. 



GooDE, George Brown. The fisheries arid fishery industries of the United States. Pre- 

 pared through the cooperation of the commissioner of fisheries and the super- 

 intendent of the tenth Census. Washington, D. C, Government Printing 

 Ofiice, 1884-87, 2 vols, and adas. 



Describes various fisheries gear and boats, including many small American 

 fishing craft, with many illustrations (the atlas contains all the plates, but few 

 illustrations of small craft). 



Griffiths, John W. The shipbuilder's manual, and nautical referee. New York, pub- 

 lished by the author, 1853, 2 vols., illustr. 

 Material on design, construction, and masting. 



■ . A treatise on marine and naval architecture, or theory and practice blended in 



shipbuilding. London, George Philip & Son, 1857 (new ed.; ed. 1, 1851), pp. 

 200, illustr. (50 engravings). 



Instructions on design by use of half-model; discussion of ship design and 

 construction, steamship and sail, lines plans. 



■ . The progressive ship builder. New York, John W. Griffiths, 1875, 2 vols., 



illustr. 



Ship design, lofting, construction and masting for steam and sail. (First 

 issued in a limited series of pamphlets, later bound, by the Nautical Gazette 

 Press, New York.) 



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