The Christmas Tree Ship Book

The Christmas Tree Ship Book - Memorialized in songs poems fiction and even a musical the famous ship that went down in a Thanksgiving storm while. The oil and acrylic color illustrations by Chris Ellison are superb and capture the emotions of the story. It was over 100 years ago but the final chapter of the legendary ship the Rouse Simmons that disappeared off the lake shore coast in 1912 has yet tobe wr. Dec 7 2016 Marija Georgievska.

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The Christmas Tree Ship Book. There Captain Herman Scheunemann would sell the trees for 50 cents or 100 and even gave many away to needy families. The Christmas Tree Ship. The Christmas Tree Ship is a beautifully illustrated childrens book.

Compare and contrast versions of its sinking from articles stories and songs. The captain knew winter was coming quickly and he had to hurry to make this final delivery of the year. Affectionately dubbed the Christmas Tree Ship this was an annual trek for the Rouse Simmons.

This man used his fishing schooner the Rouse Simmons to deliver evergreen trees from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Chicago beginning in 1887. Pennington Author Charles Vickery Contributor 48 out of 5 stars 12 ratings. Penningtons book The Historic Christmas Tree Ship is a heftier paperback intended for mature readers who are interested in the history of the ship the exact records in-depth discussions of the storm the lifesaving efforts and much more.

With a cargo full of Christmas trees the ship was bound for Chicago when it foundered off Two Rivers Wisconsin killing all on board. The Christmas tree ship had been delivering Christmas trees to children for years but one year tragedy struck. The story is fiction but is based on historical facts.

The Christmas Tree Ship. Captain Herman Schuenemann became affectionately known as Captain Santa for his yearly voyages from Michigans Upper Peninsula to Chicago with a load of freshly cut Christmas trees during the late 1800s and early 1900s. On November 21 1912 the schooner Rouse Simmons set sail from a small northern Michigan town across Lake Michigan.

Christmas Tree Schooner by Charles Vickery. The story is fiction but is based on historical facts. This is inspiring story of Captain Santa who sailed a three-masted schooner on Lake Michigan 100 years ago delivering each December thousands of Christmas.

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