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Bluejackets in the blubber room : a biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kurtz, Peter, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]
Subjects:
William Badger (Ship)
Merchant ships > United States.
Whaling > History > 19th century.
Whaling ships > New England.
Beaufort (N.C.) > History, Naval.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The ocean
  • "The building of great ships"
  • The master of Badger's Island
  • The wreck of the William Badger
  • The town that made shoes
  • The Bonney journal
  • The Bliss journal
  • Deck wallopers and blubber-room hands
  • The harbor
  • Unfit for service
  • Hampton Roads coal hulk
  • "Contrabands of war"
  • The capture of Beaufort
  • "The sound of the last trumpet"
  • Wartime storeship
  • The scandal
  • The Fort Fisher campaign
  • The last watch
  • Appendix: post William Badger profiles.