Whaling Will Never Do For Me : The American Whaleman in the Nineteenth Century /

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""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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Busch, Briton Cooper
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Whaling.
Whalers (Persons) > Social life and customs.
Whalers (Persons)
HISTORY > United States > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Baleines > Chasse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Whaling > United States > History > 19th century.
Whalers (Persons) > United States > Biography.
Whalers (Persons) > United States > Social life and customs.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:""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 Melville's Moby Dick has contributed to a substantial literature on the history and lore of the industry. But not until now has the vast body of surviving whaleship logs and journals been used to paint an encompassing picture of the difficult but colorful life aboard nineteenth-century American whaling vessels. Briton.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages).
ISBN:9780813150611

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