Silas Crockett traces life on the Maine coast through four generations of a seafaring family. This is a one-hundred-year epic filled with vibrant descriptions of the sweeping cultural, economic, and philosophical changes that washed over Maine. Mary Ellen Chase weaves wonderful historical detail with engaging characters so readers understand what it was like for a young wife to join her husband on a months-long trade voyage in 1830, and for a man raised in the tradition of seafaring forced to choose between leaving home for ...
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Silas Crockett traces life on the Maine coast through four generations of a seafaring family. This is a one-hundred-year epic filled with vibrant descriptions of the sweeping cultural, economic, and philosophical changes that washed over Maine. Mary Ellen Chase weaves wonderful historical detail with engaging characters so readers understand what it was like for a young wife to join her husband on a months-long trade voyage in 1830, and for a man raised in the tradition of seafaring forced to choose between leaving home for a long voyage or undertaking a risky, but shorter and more lucrative one. Chase draws her characters sharply and provides a voice to the everyday concerns and cares of people who lived and died by the sea. Written in 1935, Silas Crockett remains an important piece of literature for anyone who wishes to understand the rich maritime history of Maine.
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Seller's Description:
1st Edition; Hbk; Good++/ No dw; 422pp with pictorial endpapers; Light fox marks on prelims & edges; Torquoise covers with gilt title on spine; Spine very foxed. Internally nice & clean. " Novel about 4 generations of a Maine seafaring family. "
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Small 8vo. Green cloth. x, 404pp. Near fine. Lacks jacket, but a tight and clean and attractive first edition, signed boldly in full by Chase on the front flyleaf.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Seller # LR232, 5.7 inches by 8.5 inches, 404 pages. Minor wear to the dust jacket mostly along the edges, the worst being a 1/4 inch tear in the top edge of the back. There is a 1 inch pen mark on the endpaper. Otherwise, very minor wear to the book itself with good hinges, good binding and a clean interior and exterior. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Story of four generations of a New England family from Clipper Ship Captain Silas Crockett to Silas Crockett, his great grandson living on the coast of Maine in the 1930s. Originally published in 1935.
