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The Whaleboat
by Willits D. Ansel, is a study of design, construction and use from 1850 to 1970.
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Wrecked on the FeeJees
by William S. Cary. The logbook of the sole survivor of the shipwreck of a Nantucket whaler in the South Seas
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Leviathan, The History of Whaling in America
by Eric Jay Dolin
This new history of American whaling garnered praise from Nat Philbrick who calls it "the best ...to come along in a generation."
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Whaleships and Whaling
by George F. Dow. The classic pictorial history.
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Petticoat Whalers
by Joan Druett. Whaling wives at sea from 1820 to 1920.
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She was a Sister Sailor
edited by Joan Druett, details Mary Brewer's whaling journals from 1845 to 1857.
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Remarkable Observations
by Peleg Folger.
His whaling journal of 1751-54. Edited by Thomas Philbrick with an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick.
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Captain's Best Mate
edited by Stanton Gardner, is a review of a classic journal kept by Mary Chipman Lawrence, who accompanied her husband for four years on a whaleship.
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Whale Hunt
by Nelson Cole Haley, is an exciting memoir of a whaling voyage on the Charles W. Morgan by one of its harpooners.
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Stove By a Whale
by Thomas Heffernan, contains the complete original account of the sinking of the Essex as well as important information on the subsequent lives of some of the Nantucketers involved.
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Herman Melville's Whaling Years
by Wilson Heflin. The contribution of this work to Melville scholarship is incalculable, being the most in-depth account ever published of Melville’s years aboard whaleships and how those singular experiences influenced his writing.
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The Charles W. Morgan
by John F. Leavitt, is a history of the whaleship (currently on exhibit at Mystic Seaport) complete with photographs and drawings.
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She Went a Whaling
edited by Anne Mackay, examines the journal of Martha Smith Brewer Brown as she sailed from the Orient to Long Island, New York and around the world on the whaleship Lucy Ann from 1847 to 1849.
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Captain Ahab had a Wife
by Lisa Norling, contains historical accounts of New England women and the whale fishery from 1720 to 1870.
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In the Heart of the Sea
by Nathaniel Philbrick. The heartstopping tale of the wreck of the whaleship Essex and its aftermath has been an international bestseller. Autographed copies are available.
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The Loss of the Whaleship Essex, Sunk by a Whale
Edited and with an introduction by Nathaniel and Thomas Philbrick, contains first-hand accounts of the Essex tragedy collected in one volume.
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A Window Back
by Nicholas Whitman. Photography in a whaling port.
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