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Bluejackets in the blubber room : a biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865 / Peter Kurtz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurtz, Peter Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- William Badger (Ship).
- Merchant ships--United States.
- Merchant ships.
- Whaling ships--New England.
- Whaling ships.
- Whaling--History--19th century.
- Whaling.
- Beaufort (N.C.)--History, Naval.
- Beaufort (N.C.).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the sailing ship William Badger Taking a biographical approach to his subject, Peter Kurtz describes three phases of the life of the William Badger, a sailing ship with a long and exemplary life on the sea: first as a merchant ship.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8645-9
- OCLC:
- 818851724
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