Queen of Sea Routes: The Merchants and Miners Transportation Company

by Edward A. Mueller

Hardcover:   185 pages        8 5/8" x 11 ¼”     (1999)

$35.95

" Painstakingly, Mueller relives the good times aboard Baltimore-Boston and Baltimore-Jacksonville passenger runs..." James H. Bready, The Baltimore Sun, May 7, 2000

"...a richly illustrated panorama of the changing ships, cargoes and life styles in the coastal steamer trade...a treat for liner buffs of the classic era of steam..." Sea History Magazine, Summer 2000

The Queen of Sea Routes is a history of the Baltimore-based Merchants and Miners Transportation company which flourished for a hundred years hauling freight and passengers on the East Coast. It is co-published with the Steamship Historical Society of America.

The Queen of the Sea Routes is a great tale of Merchants and Miners Transportation Company. Not only is the content of the book excellent, but so is the design and layout of the book.

This a hardback volume features 177 photographs, plans and advertisements, many of which have not been published before. This is a great history and a great book.

Edward A. Mueller is a professional engineer who has written extensively on maritime history. He has served the Jacksonville, FL Maritime Museum as curator, president and executive director. He is a former editor of Steamboat Bill, the journal of the SSHSA, and was Florida's first secretary of transportation. He lives in Jacksonville, FL.