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A Flick of Sunshine — Hill '62
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By Frederic Hill, Bowdoin Class of 1962, and Alexander Jackson Hill The true and remarkable life of Richard Willis (Will) Jackson, an intrepid seaman from one of the leading shipbuilding families in 19th century Maine, whose exploits and adventures in the oceans of the world would rival characters straight out of the lives and imaginations of Jo...
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Virginia: Maine's First Ship — Bradford '61
$26.95
By John W. Bradford, Class of 1961 This is a detailed account of the reconstruction of VIRGINIA, a project whose aims were to keep her as historically accurate as today's licensing procedures allow, and to give all who might visit her or sail her a taste of what life and work at sea was like 400 years ago. The book assembles and preserves the ex...