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Shipwrecked This page intentionally left blank Shipwrecked Coastal Disasters and the Making of the American Beach Jamin Wells The University of North Carolina Press chapel hill © 2020 Jamin Wells All rights reserved Set in Merope Basic by Westchester Publishing Ser vices Manufactured in the United States of Amer i ca The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Wells, Jamin, author. Title: Shipwrecked : coastal disasters and the making of the American beach / Jamin Wells. Description: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccN 2020018436 | iSBN 9781469660899 (cloth : alk. paper) | iSBN 9781469660905 (paperback : alk. paper) | iSBN 9781469660912 (ebook) Subjects: lcSh: Shipwrecks— United States— History—19th century. | Coasts— United States— History. | Beaches— United States— History. Classification: lcc VK1270 .W45 2020 | DDc 910.9163/4— dc23 lc rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2020018436 Cover illustration: Granville Perkins, “The Stranded Steam- Ship L’ Amerique,” Harper’s Weekly, January 27, 1877. Portions of this book w ere previously published by the author in a dif er ent form and are used h ere with permission. Chapter 1 includes material from “Mapping the Coastal Frontier: Shipwrecks and the Cultural Landscape of the Early Republic,” in Formation Pro cesses of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes, ed. by Alicia Caporaso (New York City: Springer Publishing, 2017), 31–52. Chapter 4 includes material from “Professionalization and Cultural Perceptions of Marine Salvage, 1850–1950,” Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord 17, no. 2 (April 2007): 1–22. Chapter 5 includes material from “Lure of the Shore: Authenticity, Spectacle, and the Wreck of the St. Paul,” New Jersey History 126, no. 1 (2011): 13–20. To my patient, loving family This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowl edgments xi Introduction 1 chapter oNe The American Coastal Frontier 10 chapter tWo Taming the Beach 38 Wreckers and Wreck Law on the Jersey Shore chapter three Transforming the Shore 6 9 Tourism, Lifesavers, and the Rise of Quonnie chapter four Clearing the Coast 105 Captain T. A. Scott, a “True American” chapter fiVe Shipwreck and Spectacle on the Modern Beach 137 Epilogue 163 Notes 171 Bibliography 203 Index 229 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations and Maps illuStratioNS Captain Cook Cast Away on Cape Cod, 1802 35 Wreck of the Ship John Minturn 39 Frontispiece from The Wreckers; Or, The Ship- Plunderers of Barnegat 66 Death on Economy 93 Crowd watching lifesavers drill 101 The Old Wreck, Annie, Quonochontaug, R.I. 101 Captain T. A. Scott 106 T. A. Scott Com pany Ware house 123 Advertisement for the T. A. Scott Com pany 129 T. A. Scott Com pany Plant at New London, Conn. 135 “The Steamship ‘St. Paul’ Stranded on the Long Branch Coast” 138 American Liner “St. Paul,” Broadside 145 Captive in the Sands, the “St. Paul” Makes a Jersey Holiday 150 MapS Barnegat- Squan 42 Greater New Jersey 43 Quonnie 71
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