{"product_id":"zeb-celebrated-schooner-captain-of-marthas-vineyard","title":"Zeb: Celebrated Schooner Captain of Martha's Vineyard","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eZeb: Celebrated Schooner Captain of Martha's Vineyard\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePolly Burroughs\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780762738427\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUNKNO\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Thus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eZebulon Northrop Tilton was a huge cross-eyed schooner captain, born in 1867 on Martha''s Vineyard Island. It is said that he could have sailed the \"Alice S. Wentworth to Chicago on a heavy dew. His rigorous and celebrated life afloat, his countless shenanigans ashore, his love for women and for his \"Alice, his enormous skill, strength, and wit form the image of an unmistakably real American folk hero. Zeb and his famous coastal schooner experienced the heyday and the closing of an unforgettable era hauling all manner of freight under sail from New York''s South Street Seaport to the icy Kennebec River in Maine. \u003cbr\u003ePolly Burroughs has faithfully recreated Zeb''s incredible life and times from masses of newspaper accounts and family records, from the words of friends and cronies, and from a wealth of historic photographs, many by Alfred Eisenstaedt and other prominent photographers. The result is the true chronicle of a hard and hearty seafaring life richly and colorfully spiced with authentic Yankee humor and with the many personalities who crossed Zeb''s path. \u003cbr\u003eThough Zeb died in 1952, his legend lives on, not only in this remarkable biography but also in two folk songs, a Martha''s Vineyard country store named after him, and the countless admirers who keep his memory alive. While depicting an island icon, this book also offers a portrait of Martha''s Vineyard around the turn of the twentieth century and a panoramic look at several decades of northeastern coastal life and the shipping trade.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"UNKNO","offers":[{"title":"Zeb: Celebrated Schooner Captain of Martha's Vineyard | Polly Burroughs | Paperback | 9780762738427 | Used: Like New | New England History 1640385 (temp: 28)","offer_id":49287673610392,"sku":"1640385","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51xQ3nJ8uHL.jpg?v=1781895863","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/zeb-celebrated-schooner-captain-of-marthas-vineyard","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}