{"id":8815230189849,"title":"Various: pre-war - \"The Lady Boats: Life \u0026 Times of Canada's West Indies Merchant Fleet\"","handle":"various-pre-war-the-lady-boats-life-times-of-canadas-west-indies-merchant-fleet","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian National Steamships: \"The Lady Boats: The Life and Times of Canada's West Indies Merchant Fleet\" by Felicity Hanington, inscribed by the author, published in 1980, hardbound with original dust cover, 178 pages. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the story of CNS combo ships such as the LADY DRAKE and the LADY RODNEY which sailed in the late 1920s and 1930s to the Caribbean. Hanington fills the book with stories of crew and passengers which makes for an interesting read. The war exploits of the ships are cover followed by what happened to the fleet in the 1950s when Canadian National Steamships slowly died and the seaman's union wreaked havoc on the schedules. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book is in excellent condition and the dust jacket is in fair condition with numerous rips.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-10-18T11:31:38-04:00","created_at":"2023-10-05T14:38:13-04:00","vendor":"N","type":"- Books","tags":["- Books","A to Z: 100s of Ships","Canadian National"],"price":1850,"price_min":1850,"price_max":1850,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47090761892121,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"12232","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Various: pre-war - \"The Lady Boats: Life \u0026 Times of Canada's West Indies Merchant Fleet\"","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1850,"weight":907,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12232.jpg?v=1696531094"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12232.jpg?v=1696531094","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":35417204719897,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.763,"height":2522,"width":1925,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12232.jpg?v=1696531094"},"aspect_ratio":0.763,"height":2522,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12232.jpg?v=1696531094","width":1925}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian National Steamships: \"The Lady Boats: The Life and Times of Canada's West Indies Merchant Fleet\" by Felicity Hanington, inscribed by the author, published in 1980, hardbound with original dust cover, 178 pages. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the story of CNS combo ships such as the LADY DRAKE and the LADY RODNEY which sailed in the late 1920s and 1930s to the Caribbean. Hanington fills the book with stories of crew and passengers which makes for an interesting read. The war exploits of the ships are cover followed by what happened to the fleet in the 1950s when Canadian National Steamships slowly died and the seaman's union wreaked havoc on the schedules. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book is in excellent condition and the dust jacket is in fair condition with numerous rips.\u003c\/p\u003e"}