Author: Robert L. Perkins

(Lake Schooner Press, 2013)

Bob Perkins, educator, administrator and now author was born in Oswego and spent nearly his entire professional career in Oswego. In O’ Captain! My Captain!: Stories of Men and Ships, Bob has taken a fresh look at the captains who sailed the great ships on Lake Ontario. 

A pictorial and historical view "about forgotten men, forgotten ships, and forgotten times. The book is about the character of men who, each year, braved the waters of the Great Lakes, always uncertain fo their fate. " - Perkins.