Item #015551 Young Men and the Sea. Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail. Daniel Vickers, Vince Walsh.

Young Men and the Sea. Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #015551
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Blue paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. 386 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A social history of seafaring focusing on the East Coast of colonial and early national US, particularly Salem, Massachusetts. Drawing on records of seamen from the area, the work chronicles life for sailors setting out on the Atlantic Ocean. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling, rubbing and edgewear to the jacket, with a few small, faint stains to the rear panel. Some fading to the book along the extremities.

Price: $30.00

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