She was a sister sailor." wrote Mary Brewster upon meeting another whaling wife at Hawaii in 1846, and indeed, these women were members of a pioneering sorority. Although a few whaling women preceded Mary Brewster, her journals of two voyages, 1845-51, now preserved at Mystic Seaport's G.W. Blunt White Library, offer us the earliest full picture of a woman's life at sea.
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She was a sister sailor." wrote Mary Brewster upon meeting another whaling wife at Hawaii in 1846, and indeed, these women were members of a pioneering sorority. Although a few whaling women preceded Mary Brewster, her journals of two voyages, 1845-51, now preserved at Mystic Seaport's G.W. Blunt White Library, offer us the earliest full picture of a woman's life at sea.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xx, 449 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 29 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. First edition. 4to. Cloth. 449 p. Index. Sources. Black and white illustrations and photographs. A fascinating history of women at sea, centering on the journals of Mary Brewster, one of the women who defied convention and traveled on board ship with her whiling captain husband. She was the first American woman to pass through the Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean. This book, published as Volume XIII of Mystic Seaport's American Marti time Library, is the most complete compendium of the female experience in 19th century whaling and seafaring. Minor edgewear. Near fine in near fine jacket in mylar cover.
