Overview

In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore--he steered one of the boats and threw the harpoon. He kept a personal log and reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the ship's official logbook. Complementing this are excerpts from three other accounts of whaling voyages: Incidents of a Whaling Voyage by Francis Allyn Olmstead (1841); Etchings of a Whaling Cruise by J. Ross Browne (1846), an expose of the whaling industry; and The Gam: Being a Group of Whaling Stories by Capt. Charles Henry Robbins (1899), a personal story of nearly an entire life at sea. The four accounts open the 19th century world of whaling to modern readers in a realistic and unromantic way.

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Author:   Samuel Grant Williams ,  J. Ross Browne ,  Charles H. Robbins ,  Francis Allyn Olmstead
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780786478668

ISBN 10:   0786478667
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   30 May 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Part I: “The Voyage of the F.H. Moore” by Samuel Grant Williams One. Meet Fluker and the Crew  5 Two. Our First Day at Sea: Goodbye to Boston  9 Three. On the Way to San Domingo  13 Four. Story of Captain Peakes  17 Five. Gonives Bay and Our First Whale  22 Six. Off for More Whales  27 Seven. Off This Coast of Honduras  31 Eight. Blackfish and More Fruit  33 Nine. Cruising in the Tracks of Columbus  36 Ten. Cruising Among the Islands  38 Eleven. Southwest Key and One Comfortable Home  40 Twelve. New Year’s, 1874  41 Thirteen. Sam the Boatsteerer’s Story  45 Fourteen. [Untitled]  48 Fifteen. The Captain’s Wife  58 Sixteen. [Untitled]  62 Conclusion  69 Part II: An Unfinished Book by Samuel Grant Williams One  73 Two  75 Three  77 Four  79 [An Incomplete Chapter]  81 Canary Islands  86 Part III: Excerpt from Incidents of a Whaling Voyage by Francis Allyn Olmsted Part IV: Excerpts from Etchings of a Whaling Cruise by J. Ross Browne Part V: Excerpts from The Gam by Capt. Charles H. Robbins Making a Master  164 That Great Leviathan  167 Beach Combers  177 Right Whales  180 Whale-Land and Its Customs  182 The Frozen North  186 Whales Has Feelins  189 The Captain  197 Index

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The late Greg Bailey was a history writer, journalist, novelist, playwright and former attorney. His work appeared in The Economist, Time, the New Republic, Newsweek.com, Sierra, Wired, Narratively, Ozy, History News Network and many other publications. He lived in Missouri.

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