The Lost Hero of Cape Cod: Captain Asa Eldridge and the

The Lost Hero of Cape Cod: Captain Asa Eldridge and the Maritime Trade That Shaped America

The Lost Hero of Cape Cod tells the story of an extraordinary nineteenth-century marinerâ€¦ and of a morale-boosting victory for the young United States over Britain in the commercial battle that broke out on the Atlantic after the War of 1812.

Born in a small village on Cape Cod in 1809, Asa Eldridge grew up to become one of the worldâ€™s greatest shipmasters. Even today, he still holds the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a sailing ship, which he set on a run from New York to Liverpool in 1854. But this record is only part of his story, which includes voyages to numerous countries, command of Cornelius Vanderbiltâ€™s private yacht, an early move into steamships, and a mysterious end that eerily foreshadowed the Titanic disaster half a century later.

In recounting Eldridgeâ€™s fascinating career, Vincent Miles also tells a much broader storyâ€”of the rise of Americaâ€™s merchant navy to a dominant position over Britainâ€™s in the decades following the War of 1812, and of the government-subsidized British response that created the legendary Cunard Line. And along the way, Miles offers a guided tour of the maritime trade that shaped America, and a memorial to the courageous men who made it possible.
Country USA
Brand Parlux
Manufacturer Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780962506888
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Parlux
Manufacturer	Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780962506888
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Lost Hero of Cape Cod: Captain Asa Eldridge and the Maritime Trade That Shaped America