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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.
The underwater archaeology reported here has guided a new approach
to understanding the events of 1812-15, one that blends the
evidence in contemporary documents and images with a wealth of
details derived from objects lost, discarded, and otherwise left
behind.
This heavily illustrated volume balances scholarly findings with
lively writing, interjecting the adventure of working on shipwrecks
and archaeological finds into the investigation and interpretation
of a war that continues to attract interest two centuries after it
was fought.
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