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Sons of the waves : the common seaman in the heroic age of sail : 1740-1840 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Stephen, 1948- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Sailors > Great Britain.
Great Britain > History, Naval.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover page
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • CONTENTS
  • Illustrations
  • PREFACE
  • PROLOGUE
  • PART ONE RISING
  • 1 ORDEAL WITH ANSON 1740-44
  • 2 A LINCOLNSHIRE LAD 1755-59
  • 3 MAN AND BOY 1756-59
  • 4 HEART OF OAK 1759-61
  • 5 TO THE EASTERN SEAS 1760-70
  • 6 FARTHER STILL AND FARTHER 1768-88
  • 7 HANDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 1775-83
  • 8 BLACK GOLD 1750-90
  • 9 COMING HOME 1771-83
  • 10 FRUITS OF PEACE 1783-92
  • 11 'A TERROR TO SEAMEN' 1788-92
  • INTERLUDE: THE DEEP
  • PART TWO ATOP
  • 12 'THESE VALUABLE BUT HELPLESS PEOPLE' 1792-97
  • 13 FAMILY AND FRIENDS 1793-98
  • 14 A RISING TIDE 1794-97
  • 15 REVOLUTION AT SPITHEAD 1797
  • 16 'THE MACHINATIONS OF EVIL INCENDIARIES' 1797
  • 17 HELLFIRE AND REDEMPTION 1797-1801
  • 18 TOM BOWLING 1801-03
  • 19 APOTHEOSIS 1805
  • 20 WINNING WAYS 1806-09
  • 21 OLD FRIENDS, OLD FOES 1803-14
  • 22 PASSAGES TO WATERLOO 1809-15
  • 23 OVER THE SIDE 1816-36
  • 24 STORYTELLERS 1810-40
  • 25 SAFE MOOR'D 1820-40
  • 26 PAX BRITANNICA 1819-40
  • EPILOGUE
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INDEX