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Oil, ice and bone : arctic whaler Nathaniel Ransom / Helen Hiller Frink.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781931807968
- ISBN: 1931807965
- Physical Description: ix, 179 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Portsmouth, NH : Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-178). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A man at fourteen: Seaman on the Barnstable, May 22, 1860 - April 28, 1864 -- "Who wouldn't sell a farm to go whaling?": Harpooner on the Sea Breeze, October 18, 1865 - November 31, 1868 -- "The three or four years lot of trash": Aboard the Navy, December 1, 1868 - June 12, 1869 -- "May God have mercy on this whaling fleet and deliver us from these cold and icy shores", Third mate of the John Wells, November 9, 1869 - September 14, 1871 -- "Amoung the wrecks": Third mate of the Illinois, March 18 - November 13, 1875 -- Epilogue: Home from the sea. |
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| Subject: | Ransom, Nathaniel C. Whalers (Persons) > United States > Biography. Whaling > Arctic regions > History. |
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| Orford Social Library | 639.2/8092 | 34190000115559 | New items | Available | - |
Table of Contents
Oil, Ice and Bone
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | p. vii | |
| Chapter I | A Man at Fourteen | p. 1 |
| Seaman on the Barnstable, May 22, 1860-April 28, 1864 | ||
| Cruising on Desolation Ground | p. 8 | |
| North to the Arctic | p. 18 | |
| "The Bone Was in Its Glory." | p. 20 | |
| Hawaiian Ports: Bananas and Ladies | p. 26 | |
| "Two Years Out-Too Dry" | p. 28 | |
| Chapter II | "Who wouldn't sell a farm to go whaling?" | p. 38 |
| Harpooner on the Sea Breeze, October 18, 1865-November 31, 1868 | ||
| "Luck to Discourage a Jew and Try the Patience of Job" | p. 47 | |
| "Bound to the Lockup" | p. 53 | |
| The Okhotsk Sea; "How Uncertain is Life" | p. 54 | |
| Chasing Humpbacks and Devil-Fish | p. 60 | |
| "A Good Season's Work" | p. 66 | |
| Chapter III | "This Three or Four Years Lot of Trash" | p. 74 |
| Aboard the Navy, December 1, 1868-June 12, 1869 | ||
| "Bugs, Worms, and Bedbugs" | p. 77 | |
| "Darling Sarah" | p. 82 | |
| Chapter IV | "May God Have Mercy on This Whaling Fleet and Deliver us from These Cold and Icy Shores." | p. 85 |
| Third Mate of the John Wells: November 9, 1869-September 14, 1871 | ||
| "Very Dry, Dry, Dry and Dull, Dull, Dull" | p. 86 | |
| "I've Got the Blues As Usual." | p. 89 | |
| The Walrus Hunt | p. 91 | |
| "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the North Pole" | p. 94 | |
| Among Tropic Isles | p. 101 | |
| "The Trials and Troubles of the Arctic Ocean" | p. 105 | |
| "It Commences to Look Very Gloomy About Here." | p. 112 | |
| "We Have Left Our Home for Parts Unknown" | p. 117 | |
| Chapter V | "Among the Wrecks" | p. 130 |
| Third Mate of the Illinois, March 18-November 23, 1875 | ||
| "A Regular Dog's Life" | p. 134 | |
| "Close to the Wrecks" | p. 145 | |
| "We Seem to Have Very Hard Luck Just Now." | p. 149 | |
| "In an Awful Pickle" | p. 152 | |
| Epilogue: Home from the Sea | p. 160 | |
| End Notes | p. 169 | |
| Sources | p. 174 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 179 | |
| About the Author | p. 180 |
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