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Maritime Trades: Close to the sea 

Suggestions for further reading

Bray, Maynard. Mystic Seaport Museum Watercraft. Mystic, Conn.: The Museum, 1986.

Calabretta, Fred. “Captain George Comer and the Arctic.” The Log of Mystic Seaport 35 (Winter 1984 ): 118-131.

Colby, Barnard L. For Oil and Buggy Whips: Whaling Captains of New London County, Connecticut. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1990.

Grant, Ellsworth C. "Thar she goes!" Shipbuilding on the Connecticut River. Lyme, Conn.: Greenwich Publishing Group, 2000.

Hamilton, Georgia W. Silent Pilots: Figureheads in Mystic Seaport Museum. Mystic, Conn.: The Museum, 1984.

Kochiss, John M. Oystering from New York to Boston. Middletown, Conn.: Weslyan University Press, 1974.

Leavitt, John F. Wake of the Coasters. [Mystic, Conn.]: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1984.

Peterson, William N. “Mystic Built”: Ships and Shipyards of the Mystic River, Connecticut, 1784-1919. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1989.

Stevens, Thomas A. and Charles K. Stillman. George Greenman & Company, Shipbuilders of Mystic, Connecticut: A History of the Company and the Ships They Built. Mystic, Conn.: Marine Historical Association, 1953.

Thompson, Ellery. Draggerman’s Haul: the Personal History of a Connecticut Fishing Captain. New York: Viking Press, 1950.

Weaver, David. Explorer’s Map and Directory of the New England Coast: New London, Connecticut, to Passamaquoddy Bay, Canada : A Comprehensive Guide to the Natural and Cultural Marine Resources, including 20 Annotated Indexes Totaling 380 Institutions, Shellfish Locations, Drawings of Classic Small Sailing Craft, Panoramic Photographs, Emergency Information, and Much More. Southwest Harbor, Me.: Great Circle Productions, 1981.

Link to other essays in this Journey:

>> Introduction: Maritime Trades
>>
"Made in Connecticut": Shipbuilding
       and boatbuilding
>> Related services, industries and trades
>> Whaling, sealing and fishing

>> Guideposts