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To swear like a sailor : maritime culture in America, 1750-1850 / Paul A. Gilje (University of Oklahoma, Norman).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilje, Paul A., 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seafaring life--United States--History--18th century.
- Seafaring life.
- Seafaring life--United States--History--19th century.
- Sailors--United States--Social life and customs.
- Sailors.
- Sailors--United States--Social conditions.
- Sailors--Language.
- Social conditions.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- United States.
- Sailors--Social conditions.
- Sailors--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- To swear like a sailor
- The language of Jack Tar
- The logbook of memory
- Spinning yarns
- Songs of the sailorman
- The pirates own book
- Tar-stained images
- Epilogue: the sea chest.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-374) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521762359
- 0521762359
- 9780521746168
- 0521746167
- OCLC:
- 945390438
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