Elijah Cobb, 1768-1848; a Cape Cod Skipper
Author | : Elijah Cobb |
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Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Sailors |
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Author | : Elijah Cobb |
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Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1925 |
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Author | : Elijah Cobb |
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Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Seafaring life |
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Author | : Elijah Cobb |
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Total Pages | : 111 |
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Total Pages | : 111 |
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Author | : Elijah Cobb |
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Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Sailors |
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Author | : Deborah Hill |
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Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2012-03-01 |
Genre | : Ship captains |
ISBN | : 9780984441433 |
In 1843, at the age of 75, Elijah Cobb wrote this memoir for his grandchildren. In it, he describes his "avenchures," telling of his captures and escapes as he dodges the English and the French who close each others' ports, hoping to starve one another into submission. The confiscation of his ship and cargo by the French, his meeting with Robespierre (whose name he cannot spell), smuggling, creating alternative trade routes, beating the Embargo of 1807, being captured by the British as the War of 1812 opens -- these are recounted with wry humor and a certain flair. Edited by Deborah Hill, the memoir provides the basis for her novel This is the House.
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Release | : 1925 |
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Author | : Paul A. Gilje |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 131648310X |
Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in swearing. But how they swore and the reasons for their bad language were not strictly wedded to maritime things. Instead, sailor swearing, indeed all swearing in this period, was connected to larger developments. This book traces the interaction between the maritime and mainstream world in the United States while examining cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, images, and material goods. To Swear Like a Sailor offers insight into the character of Jack Tar - the common seaman - and into the early republic. It illuminates the cultural connections between Great Britain and the United States and the appearance of a distinct American national identity. The book explores the emergence of sentimental notions about the common man - through the guise of the sailor - appearing on stage, in song, in literature, and in images.
Author | : Christopher P. Magra |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2016-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316875911 |
Poseidon's Curse interprets the American Revolution from the vantage point of the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher P. Magra traces how British naval impressment played a leading role in the rise of Great Britain's seaborne empire, yet ultimately contributed significantly to its decline. Long reliant on appropriating free laborers to man the warships that defended British colonies and maritime commerce, the British severely jeopardized mariners' earning potential and occupational mobility, which led to deep resentment toward the British Empire. Magra explains how anger about impressment translated into revolutionary ideology, with impressment eventually occupying a major role in the Declaration of Independence as one of the foremost grievances Americans had with the British government.
Author | : W. Jeffrey Bolster |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 1998-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 067425256X |
Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved and free black men between 1740 and 1865. Tens of thousands of black seamen sailed on lofty clippers and modest coasters. They sailed in whalers, warships, and privateers. Some were slaves, forced to work at sea, but by 1800 most were free men, seeking liberty and economic opportunity aboard ship.Bolster brings an intimate understanding of the sea to this extraordinary chapter in the formation of black America. Because of their unusual mobility, sailors were the eyes and ears to worlds beyond the limited horizon of black communities ashore. Sometimes helping to smuggle slaves to freedom, they were more often a unique conduit for news and information of concern to blacks.But for all its opportunities, life at sea was difficult. Blacks actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture shared by all seamen, but were often outsiders within it. Capturing that tension, Black Jacks examines not only how common experiences drew black and white sailors together—even as deeply internalized prejudices drove them apart—but also how the meaning of race aboard ship changed with time. Bolster traces the story to the end of the Civil War, when emancipated blacks began to be systematically excluded from maritime work. Rescuing African American seamen from obscurity, this stirring account reveals the critical role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America.An epic tale of the rise and fall of black seafaring, Black Jacks is African Americans’ freedom story presented from a fresh perspective.