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Ashore and Afloat
University of Ottawa Press/Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa

Published: 2004
368 pages (HC)
6 x 9
0-7766-3031-8
$60.00

368 pages (PB)
6 x 9
0-7766-0573-9
$35.00

Ashore and Afloat

Julian Gwyn
contains illustrations

Ashore and Afloat tells the early history of the Halifax Naval Yard. From the building of the yard and its expansion to the people involved in the enterprise, to the nuts and bolts of buying the masts and paying the bills, Professor Gwyn's history of the Naval Yard leaves no stone unturned. Dozens of illustrations and tables, and copious appendices, including a biographical directory and glossary, round out the historical picture.

Subjects: History

Ashore and Afloat offers an intense research and tells the early history of the Halifax Naval Yard.