A Game of Chance

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Friesenpress Aug 2023, 2023

1039158633 / 9781039158634

Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, GermaniaBuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K.

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -It's almost impossible to imagine spending eight months at sea 'without once putting foot on land.' But that's exactly what whalers experienced when playing the dangerous 'game of chance,' hunting down leviathans for oil and bone-all for a 'lay,' or share, of the vessel's spoils. A Game of Chance is the first comprehensive, in-depth study of British North American South Seas whaling. Author Andrea Kirkpatrick takes readers on a series of fascinating and sometimes fantastical journeys as she chronicles in great detail the story of a largely forgotten industry that operated out of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ports from the 1760s to 1850.Kirkpatrick plumbed the depths of myriad logbooks and journals to piece together the often-murky tales of an astonishing number of ships. In this treatise covering a century of whaling, she shares details such as ownership, tonnage, voyages, captains' pedigrees, and names of crewmen, including nascent whaler Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. Hoping for 'greasy luck,' the men who manned these ships found both camaraderie and competition as they hunted the world's whaling grounds from Cape Horn to Kamchatka, many circumnavigating the globe during their careers. They battled squalls and high seas, scurvy and venereal disease, heartbreak and homesickness-and sometimes each other. Many never returned home, their bodies committed to the deep or buried on foreign land.Written in two parts-landward and seaward-Kirkpatrick's clear prose and adoption of whaling lingua franca brings this high-risk venture to the fore with authenticity, newly revealed facts, and remarkable stories of adventure. 540 pp. Englisch.

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Titolo
A Game of Chance
Autore
Andrea Kirkpatrick
Editore
Friesenpress Aug 2023
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Condizione
Neu
Rilegatura
Taschenbuch
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1039158633
ISBN 13
9781039158634
Peso dell'articolo
1003 grammi
Dimensioni
254x178x29 mm

BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K.

Bergisch Gladbach, Germania

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