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Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs

By Frederic B. Hill '62

Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs
  • Publisher: Down East Books
  • Available in: Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
  • ISBN: 978-1608934508
  • Published: September 10, 2016
Down East Books

Brothers William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker were among the most prominent mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilders in Bath, Maine, itself one of the most prominent shipbuilding cities in the world during that time. This colorful history of the Crookers’ company by the great-great grandson of William Donnell provides a thorough overview of a family, its contributions to shipbuilding, and the historic sweep of shipbuilding in the area, as well as a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in Maine during this time. Today, a small portion of Maine’s twenty-first-century shipbuilder, Bath Iron Works, occupies land that was once the Crooker yard.


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