Songini, Marc ISBN: 9780312380953 Pages: 432 Format: PAPERBACK
The fate of the American whaling fleet and the disasters that brought about its demise in the late nineteenth century are captured through the story of a Connecticut sea captain, Thomas William Williams, chronicling his remarkable career, which included an escape from the Confederate privateer Alabama and the salvage of lost ships off the coast of Alaska. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.