Description20-page booklet with five sections about ships and the circumstances of their wrecks: 1. The Colony Vessel - about the schooner Knickerbocker (built 1840) used to bring goods to the new community of Holland, Michigan. 2. The Wreck of the Alpena, 1880 3. Pereue on the Pier, 1902. Saving the crew and cargo of the Hattie B. Pereu after the ship jammed into Holland's north pier. 4. The Argo Aground, 1905-6. A Graham and Morton steamer stranded in ice. 5. Fire on the South American, 1924 The index is on page 2. Text includes many large black-and-white photos of the ships and text from newspaper accounts about the wrecks.