TY - BOOK ID - 80835320 TI - Whaling will never do for me PY - 2009 SN - 9780813150611 0813150612 9780813193427 PB - Lexington, Kentucky University Press of Kentucky DB - UniCat KW - Whaling KW - Whalers (Persons) KW - Whale men KW - Whalemen KW - Whaling men KW - Fishers KW - Commercial whaling KW - Hunting, Whale KW - Whale fisheries KW - Whale hunting KW - Fisheries KW - History KW - Biography. KW - Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80835320 AB - ""I just begin to find out that whaling will never do for me and have determined to leave the ship here if possible."" That sentiment, expressed by a foremast hand aboard the ship Caroline in 1843, is one shared by many of the whalemen in this fascinating book. Interest in Herman Melville's Moby Dick has contributed to a substantial literature on the history and lore of the industry. But not until now has the vast body of surviving whaleship logs and journals been used to paint an encompassing picture of the difficult but colorful life aboard nineteenth-century American whaling vessels.Briton ER -