Record #:

3017

Author(s):

Cecelski, David

Abstract:

Travelers now are impatient if their destination is not reached in a good time. Cecil Buckman's journal of his meandering 1873 trip from Beaufort to Baltimore on the OGEECHEE reminds today's travelers that journeys in the era of sail required patience.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 1996, p21-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Voyages and travels--History--19th Century; Buckman, Cecil; OGEECHEE (Ship)