Steady as She Goes : The Exploits of a Captain and his Seagoing Family / by Dolly G. Newcomb. Ontario : Paul Heron Publishing Limited, 1996. 175 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 P82 N48 1996
The story of Captain James Leander Publicover, owner and ship captain at J.L. Publicover Shipping Company, and chronicles how he and his family would work and travel the seas together.
J.L. Publicover Shipping Co. — History
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Sailing ships — Nova Scotia — History
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia — History
Publicover, James Leander, 1877-1960
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Jack Tar in history : essays in the history of maritime life and labour / edited by Colin Howell and Richard J. Twomey. Fredericton, N.B. : Acadiensis Press, 1991. 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK18 J32 1991
Howell, Colin D., 1944-
Twomey, Richard J.
Seamen — History
Seafaring life — History.
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Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Conference
Working men who got wet : proceedings of the fourth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, July 24-July 26, 1980 / edited by Rosemary Ommer, Gerald Panting. St. John's, Nfld. : Maritime History Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1980. 387 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE769 W926
Ommer, Rosemary E
Panting, Gerald.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Group.
Merchant seamen — Canada — History — 19th century — Congresses
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 19th century — Congresses
Seafaring life — Canada — History — 19th century — Congresses.
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Farquhar's luck / James A. Farquhar. 1st ed. Halifax : Petheric Press, 1980. 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE569 F238
Shipping — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Businessmen — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia –
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Ghost islands of Nova Scotia / Mike Parker. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2012. 255 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 P242 2012 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Haunted places — Nova Scotia
Islands — Nova Scotia
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History.
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American Neptune Salem, Mass. etc. Peabody Museum of Salem etc., 1941-. ill. ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F39 AM3 N35
Naval art and science — History — Periodicals
Navigation — History — Periodicals
Naval history — Periodicals
Seafaring life — History — Periodicals.
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