Name/Title
Harbor TugEntry/Object ID
2025.007.7Description
What are tugboats really like? What jobs do they do? Who are the men who live aboard them? Looking for answers to these questions, writer-designer Peter Burchard and photographer Rollie McKenna rode many a tugboat, the workhorses of the harbor, and came to know the beauty, the dangers and smells of the rivers, bays and docks of the Port of New York, one of the greatest ports in the world. They sailed in every season of the year, listening and talking to tugboat men, a special breed of sailor. In words and pictures, you will witness the arrival of ships from many nations, the docking of one of the automated giants of the seas - a container ship from Sweden - the arrival and departure of an Italian cruise ship. You will travel at night aboard the Martha Moran, towing a scow to a dumping ground at sea and follow a dangerous rescue operation. You will warm yourself in the galley of a tug, live with the men as they eat their meals and do their work. Harbor Tug is in itself a delightful voyage.Collection
Local AuthorsInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
For Joy and Lee - What fun we had doing this book! Rollie McKenna
Best Wishes Peter Burchard (and drawing of tugboat)Language
EnglishBook Details
Author
Peter Burchard, Rollie McKennaEdition
FirstPublisher
G. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published
1975Date Printed
1979Call No.
920 Burchard