Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 To Swear Like a Sailor
- 2 The Language of Jack Tar
- 3 The Logbook of Memory
- 4 Spinning Yarns
- 5 Songs of the Sailorman
- 6 The Pirates Own Book
- 7 Tar-Stained Images
- Epilogue: The Sea Chest
- Appendix: A Note on Logbooks and Journals Kept at Sea
- Notes
- Bibliography of Primary Sources
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 To Swear Like a Sailor
- 2 The Language of Jack Tar
- 3 The Logbook of Memory
- 4 Spinning Yarns
- 5 Songs of the Sailorman
- 6 The Pirates Own Book
- 7 Tar-Stained Images
- Epilogue: The Sea Chest
- Appendix: A Note on Logbooks and Journals Kept at Sea
- Notes
- Bibliography of Primary Sources
- Index
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- Chapter
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- To Swear like a SailorMaritime Culture in America, 1750–1850, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016