The Life and Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book The Life and Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914 by Robert McAlister, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Robert McAlister ISBN: 9781614237235
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Robert McAlister
ISBN: 9781614237235
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
Born at sea on his father's whaling ship in 1861, Captain Abram Jones Slocum learned the seafaring life in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the last generation of iron men aboard commercial wooden sailing ships in the Atlantic. His voyages often took him around Cape Hatteras to Georgetown, South Carolina, to load lumber bound for northern cities. He sailed in all seasons, through storms and hurricanes, for twenty years as captain of two schooners, the Warren B. Potter and the City of Georgetown. He was respected in Georgetown, where he wooed his wife. His ship sank in a collision with an ocean liner in 1913, but he survived, only to be lost at sea a year later as captain of another schooner. Local author and wooden boat enthusiast Robert McAlister recounts Slocum's epic life through the end of the Age of Sail.
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Born at sea on his father's whaling ship in 1861, Captain Abram Jones Slocum learned the seafaring life in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the last generation of iron men aboard commercial wooden sailing ships in the Atlantic. His voyages often took him around Cape Hatteras to Georgetown, South Carolina, to load lumber bound for northern cities. He sailed in all seasons, through storms and hurricanes, for twenty years as captain of two schooners, the Warren B. Potter and the City of Georgetown. He was respected in Georgetown, where he wooed his wife. His ship sank in a collision with an ocean liner in 1913, but he survived, only to be lost at sea a year later as captain of another schooner. Local author and wooden boat enthusiast Robert McAlister recounts Slocum's epic life through the end of the Age of Sail.

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