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- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (January 1, 1936)
- ASIN: B000P0Y2FO
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Sea Captains at home,
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This is a slice of life in the 1849 shipping port of Salem. The narrative centers on the families of two seafaring captains, highlighting the difference in fortune, caused both by choices and by chance. The title of the book, Java Head, is the name that Jeremy Ammidon gave to the house he built in Salem when he retired from sailing to found a shipping company. Java Head is the name of a rock that was the first sight of land after a blue-water voyage to the Orient. Sighting of the Java Head rock always gave Jeremy the good feeling of having arrived safely. Unfortunately, in life as in sea voyages, not every ship arrives safely.
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This review is from: Java Head (Hardcover)
Set in Salem in the early 1800s, Gerrit Ammidon returns home from the Orient with a Chinese bride, Taou Yuen. She is not accepted into Salem society. A degenerate seaman, Edward Dunsock, becomes infatuated with Gerrit's bride; out of a mixture of pride and disgust she commits suicide. Hergesheimer is unable to make Yaou Yuen a real person, and after her suicide Gerrit is not affected by it. This dampens the effect of the tragedy.
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Taou Yuen, Edward Dunsack, Gerrit Ammidon, Nettie Vollar, Roger Brevard, Jeremy Ammidon, Barzil Dunsack, William Ammidon, Java Head, Kate Vollar, Washington Square, Hardy Street, Captain Ammidon, Pleasant Street, Rhoda Ammidon, Uncle Gerrit, Derby Wharf, Uncle Edward, Captain Dunsack, New York, James Saltonstone, West India, Derby Street, Essex Street, Hong Kong New!
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Taou Yuen, Edward Dunsack, Gerrit Ammidon, Nettie Vollar, Roger Brevard, Jeremy Ammidon, Barzil Dunsack, William Ammidon, Java Head, Kate Vollar, Washington Square, Hardy Street, Captain Ammidon, Pleasant Street, Rhoda Ammidon, Uncle Gerrit, Derby Wharf, Uncle Edward, Captain Dunsack, New York, James Saltonstone, West India, Derby Street, Essex Street, Hong Kong New!
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