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Author Kurtz, Peter Scott.

Title Bluejackets in the blubber room : a biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865 / Peter Kurtz.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.
Contents The ocean. "The building of great ships" -- The master of Badger's Island -- The wreck of the William Badger -- The town that made shoes -- The Bonney journal -- The Bliss journal -- Deck wallopers and blubber-room hands -- The harbor. Unfit for service -- Hampton Roads coal hulk -- "Contrabands of war" -- The capture of Beaufort -- "The sound of the last trumpet" -- Wartime storeship -- The scandal -- The Fort Fisher campaign -- The last watch -- Appendix. post-William Badger profiles.
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Subject William Badger (Ship)
William Badger (Ship)
William Badger (Ship)
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Whaling ships -- New England.
Whaling ships.
New England.
Whaling -- History -- 19th century.
Whaling.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Merchant ships -- United States.
Merchant ships.
United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
Beaufort (N.C.) -- History, Naval.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Naval history.
Other Form: Print version: 9780817317799 0817317791 (DLC) 2012024178
ISBN 0817386459 (electronic book)
9780817386450 (electronic book)
9780817317799 (trade cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817317791 (trade cloth ; alkaline paper)