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Stove by a whale : Owen Chase and the Essex / / Thomas Farel Heffernan
| Stove by a whale : Owen Chase and the Essex / / Thomas Farel Heffernan |
| Autore | Heffernan Thomas Farel <1933-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.45 |
| Soggetto topico | Whalers (Persons) - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8195-7377-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Owen Chase; Chapter Two: Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket, by Owen Chase; Chapter Three: Ne Cede Malis; Chapter Four: Next Lowering; Owen Chase after the Essex; George Pollard, Jr.; The Other Survivors; Chapter Five: Telling the Story; The Authorship and Publication of Owen Chase's Narrative; Herman Melville; Accounts and Borrowings; Appendices; A: Herman Melville's Annotations and Markings in His Copy of Owen Chase's Narrative
B: The Story of the Essex Shipwreck Presented in Captain Pollard's Interview with George BennetC: Thomas Chapple's Account of the Loss of the Essex; D: March 7, 1821, Letter of Commodore Ridgely to the Secretary of the Navy; E: The ""Paddack Letter"" on the Rescue of Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell; F: Report of the Essex Shipwreck and Rescue in the Sydney Gazette, June 9, 1821; G: Table of Islands from Bowditch's Navigator; H: Chase Genealogy; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785515503321 |
Heffernan Thomas Farel <1933->
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| Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 1990 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stove by a whale [[electronic resource] ] : Owen Chase and the Essex / / Thomas Farel Heffernan
| Stove by a whale [[electronic resource] ] : Owen Chase and the Essex / / Thomas Farel Heffernan |
| Autore | Heffernan Thomas Farel <1933-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, CT, : Wesleyan University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.45 |
| Soggetto topico |
Survival
Whalers (Persons) - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8195-7377-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Owen Chase; Chapter Two: Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket, by Owen Chase; Chapter Three: Ne Cede Malis; Chapter Four: Next Lowering; Owen Chase after the Essex; George Pollard, Jr.; The Other Survivors; Chapter Five: Telling the Story; The Authorship and Publication of Owen Chase's Narrative; Herman Melville; Accounts and Borrowings; Appendices; A: Herman Melville's Annotations and Markings in His Copy of Owen Chase's Narrative
B: The Story of the Essex Shipwreck Presented in Captain Pollard's Interview with George BennetC: Thomas Chapple's Account of the Loss of the Essex; D: March 7, 1821, Letter of Commodore Ridgely to the Secretary of the Navy; E: The ""Paddack Letter"" on the Rescue of Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell; F: Report of the Essex Shipwreck and Rescue in the Sydney Gazette, June 9, 1821; G: Table of Islands from Bowditch's Navigator; H: Chase Genealogy; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462151303321 |
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Heffernan Thomas Farel <1933->
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| Middletown, CT, : Wesleyan University Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / / Briton Cooper Busch
| Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / / Briton Cooper Busch |
| Autore | Busch Briton Cooper |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.9/6392 |
| Soggetto topico |
Whalers (Persons) - United States - Social life and customs
Whalers (Persons) - United States Whaling - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8131-5061-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: The American Whaleman; 2. Crime and Punishment; 3. Race and Status; 4. Work Stoppages; 5. Whalemen and American Consuls Abroad; 6. Desertion; 7. The Practice of Religion; 8. Whalemen's Women, Whalemen's Wives; 9. The Festive and the Ceremonial; 10. Waterfront Havens and the Honolulu Riot of 1852; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Whaleships; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460457803321 |
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Busch Briton Cooper
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / / Briton Cooper Busch
| Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / / Briton Cooper Busch |
| Autore | Busch Briton Cooper |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.9/6392 |
| Soggetto topico |
Whalers (Persons) - United States - Social life and customs
Whalers (Persons) - United States Whaling - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-8131-5061-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: The American Whaleman; 2. Crime and Punishment; 3. Race and Status; 4. Work Stoppages; 5. Whalemen and American Consuls Abroad; 6. Desertion; 7. The Practice of Religion; 8. Whalemen's Women, Whalemen's Wives; 9. The Festive and the Ceremonial; 10. Waterfront Havens and the Honolulu Riot of 1852; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Whaleships; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787470703321 |
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Busch Briton Cooper
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / / Briton Cooper Busch
| Whaling will never do for me : the American whaleman in the nineteenth century / / Briton Cooper Busch |
| Autore | Busch Briton Cooper |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.9/6392 |
| Soggetto topico |
Whalers (Persons) - United States - Social life and customs
Whalers (Persons) - United States Whaling - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-8131-5061-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: The American Whaleman; 2. Crime and Punishment; 3. Race and Status; 4. Work Stoppages; 5. Whalemen and American Consuls Abroad; 6. Desertion; 7. The Practice of Religion; 8. Whalemen's Women, Whalemen's Wives; 9. The Festive and the Ceremonial; 10. Waterfront Havens and the Honolulu Riot of 1852; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Whaleships; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820177603321 |
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Busch Briton Cooper
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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