Sailor Log Laced With Humor Amid Sea Trials
A lone mariner's voyage entries mix danger and jokes as a near swamp by a big sea is followed by notes of laughter. The captain recalls rough nights, a new boot care trick, and lighthearted quips about bathing on the voyage alongside discussions of salons and philosophy in historical society contexts.
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Captain Andrews
William A. Andrews
Sappho
Iluutic City
Palos
Spain
Azores Islands
Columbag
America
Pick and Shovel
Harlem
New York
Louis XIV
Macmillan’s
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Ridgely, MD
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Moses Gottlieb
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Joseph Guest
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Henry W. Wughes
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Mass
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James H. Coulbourn
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