{"product_id":"the-last-voyage-of-the-whaling-bark-progress-new-bedford-chicago-and-the-twilight-of-an-industry-9781476682150","title":"The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress: New Bedford, Chicago and the Twilight of an Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel Gifford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The whaling bark \u003ci\u003eProgress\u003c\/i\u003e was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the \u003ci\u003eProgress\u003c\/i\u003e to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46454886793367,"sku":"9781476682150","price":3707.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476682150.webp?v=1769173012","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-last-voyage-of-the-whaling-bark-progress-new-bedford-chicago-and-the-twilight-of-an-industry-9781476682150","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}