Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / Briton Cooper Busch.

""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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Main Author: Busch, Briton Cooper
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
©1994
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