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very good dust-jacket, very good gray cloth. MARTIN, KENNETH R. "Heavy weather and hard luck": Portsmouth goes whaling. Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Marine Society, Publication Twenty-four ; Published for the Society by Peter E. Randall, publisher, 1998, xi, 212pp., . Publication (Portsmouth Marine Society), 24. - When the Portsmouth Athenaeum acquired a rare log kept on Portsmouth whaling vessel Ann Parry, the Marine Society found Ken Martin, the former director of the Kendall Whaling Museum and author of several other whaling related books, to author the 24th publication in the series devoted to the maritime history of the Piscataqua river basin. In addition to the log in the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Martin was able to use logs and other material from other Portsmouth voyages now in the archives of museums in New Bedford and Nantucket, as well as from Kendall Whaling Museum. More than 50 rare illustrations bring to life the adventures, the hardships, and the rare successes of Portsmouth whalers. 9780915819232 ISBN 0915819236. Seller Inventory # 95428
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Title: "Heavy weather and hard luck": Portsmouth ...
Publisher: Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Marine Society, Publication Twenty-four ; Published for the Society by Peter E. Randall, publisher, 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
