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050	0	0	_aSH383.2 _b.S66 2007
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100	1		_aSongini, Marc L. _927775
245	1	4	_aThe lost fleet : _ba Yankee whaler's struggle against the Confederate Navy and Arctic disaster / _cMarc Songini.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2007.
300			_axii, 432 p. : _bill., map ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [405]-414) and index.
505	0		_aBrave men, braver women -- Lonely but not alone -- A Lighthouse Keeper -- In wild and distant seas -- Journey's End -- The first iron -- The Daring Fishermen of New England -- Old Rodney -- An Indifferent Screw Steamer -- A Pirate Deed -- Like pursuing a coy Maiden -- The Other "Alabama" -- Come on my Deck and Fight me -- Terrible Havoc -- Finding the life -- Idle Wharves and dismasted Ships -- Death stared us in the Face -- In the topmost frost killed end of Creation -- How many will see the last day of Next August? -- The most crushing Blow -- Rolling out the Fin -- Enough to fill a Book -- Appreciable Deterioration -- Looking for a modern Joshua -- A dreary and Uncertain March -- Epilogue: The Clear eyed men of the sea.
520			_aIt's the mid-19th century and the American whaling fleet, the wonder and envy of the maritime nations of the world, is struck by one hammer blow after another. Yankee whalers are contending with icebergs, storms, rogue whales, sharks, hostile natives, and disease. Now conditions are getting even worse, and the chances become ever slimmer a whaling master and his crew will return from a voyage safe and profitable. The scarcity of whales, the increasing dangers of going further into the Arctic, and the roving Confederate privateers are making this already difficult profession ever riskier. Many whalers give up the life--but some carry on the vocation. One such man is a tall captain from Wethersfield, Connecticut, Thomas William Williams. Not only does he go out on voyage after voyage, but he even takes on board with him his tiny wife, Eliza, and his infant son and daughter. The Lost Fleet's thrilling narrative recounts Williams' remarkable career, including a daring escape from the Confederate cruiser Alabama and a daring rescue and salvage of lost ships off Alaska's coast. A family saga, a true narrative of adventure and death on the high seas and a detailed and well-researched look at the demise of Yankee whaling--Songini has crafted an historical masterpiece.--Publisher description.
600	1	0	_aWilliams, Thomas W. _q(Thomas William) _927776
650		0	_aWhaling _zUnited States _xHistory. _927777
650		0	_aWhalers (Persons) _zUnited States _xHistory. _927778
650		0	_aWhaling _zArctic Ocean _xHistory. _927779
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