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Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century /
""I just begin to find out that whaling will never do for me and have determined to leave the ship here if possible."" That sentiment, expressed by a foremast hand aboard the ship Caroline in 1843, is one shared by many of the whalemen in this fascinating book. Interest in Herman...
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
2009.
©1994 |
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