The Sailing Circle: 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York (Three Village Historian) [Paperback]

Joan Druett (Author), Mary Anne Wallace (Author), Three Village Historical Society (Corporate Author), Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Series: Three Village Historian | Publication Date: June 1997

"The sister sailors of Long Island: prelimary list, 1826-1915"--p. 40-41.

Product Details

• Paperback: 46 pages
• Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum Inc (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963636111
• ISBN-13: 978-0963636119
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,783,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Back in the year 1984, on the picture-poster tropical island of Rarotonga, I literally fell into whaling history when I tumbled into a grave. A great tree had been felled by a recent hurricane, exposing a gravestone that had been hidden for more than one and a half centuries. It was the memorial to a young whaling wife, who had sailed with her husband on the New Bedford ship Harrison in the year 1845. And so my fascination with maritime history was triggered ... resulting in 18 books (so far). The latest -- number nineteen -- is a biography of a truly extraordinary man, Tupaia, star navigator and creator of amazing art.