Daniel Vickers Vince Walsh (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A nice, bright copy. ; 8.9 X 5.8 X 0.8 inches; 336 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Fine condition hard cover book with As New condition dust jacket. Very slight bumping to front board bottom edge. Some very slight smudging to edges of text block. Dust jacket has some shelf wear. Otherwise, no imperfections. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 9780300100679. Hardback. First Printing as signified by descending number line on the copyright page going down to the number 1. Tight sound copy in dustjacket with average wear overall, but pretty much a tight sound reading copy only due to some black ink underlining to the interior text. A nice tight sound reading copy only. This book is Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail. No Signature.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 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. …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier. Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier Westward expansion has been the great narrative of the first two centuries of American history, but as historian Daniel Vickers demonstrates here, the horizon extended in all directions. For those who lived along the Atlantic coast, it was the East-and the Atlantic Ocean-that beckoned. While historical and fictional accounts have tended to stress the exceptional circumstances or psychological compulsions that drove men to sea, this book shows how normal a part of life seafaring was for those living near a coast before the mid-nineteenth century. Drawing on records of several thousand seamen and their voyages from Salem, Massachusetts, Young Men and the Sea offersa social history of seafaring in the colonial and early national period. In what sort of families were sailors raised? When did they go to sea? What were their chances of death? Whom did they marry, and how did their wives operate households in their absence? Answering these and many other questions, this book is destined to become a classic of American social and maritime history.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier. Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier Westward expansion has been the great narrative of the first two centuries of American history, but as historian Daniel Vickers demonstrates here, the horizon extended in all directions. For those who lived along the Atlantic coast, it was the East-and the Atlantic Ocean-that beckoned. While historical and fictional accounts have tended to stress the exceptional circumstances or psychological compulsions that drove men to sea, this book shows how normal a part of life seafaring was for those living near a coast before the mid-nineteenth century. Drawing on records of several thousand seamen and their voyages from Salem, Massachusetts, Young Men and the Sea offersa social history of seafaring in the colonial and early national period. In what sort of families were sailors raised? When did they go to sea? What were their chances of death? Whom did they marry, and how did their wives operate households in their absence? Answering these and many other questions, this book is destined to become a classic of American social and maritime history.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.