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The View from the Masthead: Maritime Imagination and Antebellum American Sea Narratives
Hester Blum
Exploring the contribution of sailors to literary culture, this book analyzes seamen's libraries, Barbary captivity narratives, naval memoirs, writings about the Galapagos Islands, Melville's sea vision, and the crisis of death and burial at sea.
288 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, bibl., index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 25, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807858554 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 17 mm · 403 g |
| Language | English |
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