Shipwrecks
Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:
Pacific Square-Riggers, 1969
The hardback book published by Bonanza Books (New York) in 1969 called Pacific Square-Riggers: Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear by Jim Gibbs.
Print Book Sources (1 of 4), 1964-1969
Two printed books Powers likely used in his research. The first title is "Sailors, Whalers & Steamers: Ships That Opened the West," by Edith Thacher Hurd. The second is "The Doghole Schooners," by Walter A. Jackson.
Print Book Sources (2 of 4), 1986
A book used by Powers in his research entitled "Peril at Sea: A Photographic Study of Shipwrecks in the Pacific," by "Shipwreck Jim" Gibbs.
Print Book Sources (3 of 4), 1978-1991
Two print sources Powers used in his research. The first is entitled "California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea," by Don B. Marshall. The second is an issue of "Oregon Coast" magazine from November/December 1991 that centers around famous shipwrecks off the Oregon coast.
Print Book Sources (4 of 4), 1998
This item is a hardback edition of a book entitled The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan: Her Life and Loss, 1850-1865 by Q. David Bowers.
Print sources (1 of 4), 1981-2006
The three print copies of books Powers used in research for his writings. The titles include: "Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast," by James A. Gibbs (1981), "The Ship and the Storm: Hurrican Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome," by Jim Carrier (2001), and "The Macquina Code: a Numismatic and Spanish Colonial Translator for Collectors, Dealers, Traders, and Shipwreck Treasure Enthusiasts," compiled by Agustin "Augi" Garcia-Barneche (2006).
Print sources (2 of 4), 2005
The book given to Powers by the author David L. Flohr, entitled "More Life Than I Expected: The Adventures of a Fortunate Man (As Told Through a Series of Personal Experiences)."
Print sources (3 of 4), 2003
The book, likely used by Powers in his research, entitled "Historic Divers of British Columbia: A History of Hardhat Diving, Salvage and Underwater Construction," by A. C. (Fred) Rogers (2003).
Print sources ( 4 of 4), 1989
Used in Powers' research, entitled "Shipwrecks in New York Waters: A Chronology of Ship Disasters from Montauk Point to Barnegat Inlet from the 1880s to the 1930s," by Paul C. Morris and William P. Quinn (1989).
Recollections, 2000-2005
A series of articles recollecting the wreck of the steamship Brother Jonathan. The Del Norte County Historical Society, the New York Times, excerpts from the Daily Alta California Recording, and the San Francisco Chronicle provided the articles.