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

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Busch, Briton Cooper
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
©1994.
Subjects:
Whalers (Persons) > United States > Social life and customs.
Whalers (Persons) > United States > Biography.
Whaling > United States > History > 19th century.
Whalers (Persons)
Whalers (Persons) > Social life and customs.
Whaling.
United States.
Biographies.
History.

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Call Number: SH383.2 .B87 2009
SH383.2 .B87 2009 Available

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