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In "Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812,"
archaeologist Kevin J. Crisman and his fellow contributors examine
sixteen different examples of 1812-era naval and commercial
shipbuilding. They range from four small prewar vessels to four 16-
or 20-gun brigs, three warships of much greater size, a steamboat
hull converted into an armed schooner, two gunboats, and two
postwar schooners. Despite their differing degrees of preservation
and archaeological study, each vessel reveals something about how
its creators sought the best balance of strength, durability,
capacity, stability, speed, weatherliness, and seaworthiness for
the anticipated naval struggle on the lakes along the US-Canadian
border.
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