The view from the masthead : maritime imagination and antebellum American sea narratives / Hester Blum.

Contents Part I. The sea narrative and sailors' literary culture -- Part II. Maritime epistemology and crisis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-256) and index.
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