Author: James F. MungerPublisher: Fairfield, Wash. : Ye Galleon Press
ISBN:
Category : Offshore whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Two Years in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and China
Author: James F. MungerPublisher: Fairfield, Wash. : Ye Galleon Press
ISBN:
Category : Offshore whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Two Years in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and China, Being ... a Whaling Voyage
Author: James F. MungerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Two Years in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and China
Author: James MungerPublisher: Glen Adams
ISBN: 9780877700197
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Two Years in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and China
Author: James F. MungerMunger's Journal: Two Years in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean and China, Being a Journal of Every Day Life on Board Ship, Interesting Information in Regard to the inhabitants of Different Countries and the Exciting Events Peculiar to a Whaling Voyage
Author: James F. MungerTwo Years in the Pacific and Arotic Oceans and China, Being a Journal of Every Day Life on Board Ship
Author: James F. MungerThe American Whaleman
Author: Elmo Paul HohmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whalers (Persons)
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Whaling Will Never Do For Me
Author: Briton Cooper BuschPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"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 Cooper Busch, author of a definitive history of the American sealing industry, in this book only incidentally discusses the actual chase for whales. His focus instead is the life of whalemen at sea, and particularly the harsh discipline that kept men aboard through long and often dispiriting years. Busch depicts the complex social world aboard ship, defining and detailing such issues as crime and punishment, competing racial elements, the social distance between officers and men, sexual behavior, and the role of women aboard ships. For oppressed, discouraged, or simply bored whalemen, several escapes existed, from the rarest of all mutiny through labor protests of various types, to individual desertion or appeal to an American consul abroad. To each of these topics Busch devotes a chapter. He also provides glimpses of those occasional moments of relief such as a Fourth of July celebration and such somber moments as a death at sea. Fascinating details and original quotations from individual whalemen make this book more than a study of general trends. For anyone with even a casual interest in whaling, it is indispensable.
A Collection of Books, Pamphlets, Log Books, Pictures, Etc. Illustrating the Whale Fishery Contained in the Free Public Library, New Bedford, Mass., April 1907
Author: Free Public Library (New Bedford, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whales
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Two Years in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and China
Author: James F. MungerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description