This story is set on board the whaler, "Charles Beauchamp", whose secret mission is slave trading. Tom, apprentice to the captain, is learning to be a gentleman, but the peculiar tales of the messboy and the strange relationships on board throw Tom's journey to manhood into a moral and emotional morass. The author has also written "My Parmacheene Belle".
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This story is set on board the whaler, "Charles Beauchamp", whose secret mission is slave trading. Tom, apprentice to the captain, is learning to be a gentleman, but the peculiar tales of the messboy and the strange relationships on board throw Tom's journey to manhood into a moral and emotional morass. The author has also written "My Parmacheene Belle".
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book bumped at spine ends. Dustwrapper creased and rubbed at spine ends. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine in Fine jacket. The second book by this author who has won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" as well as a Lannan Foundation award, and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
