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Chapter 5 - The United States Merchant Marine

from Part I - Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2022

By
Paul Devlin
Edited by
Paul Devlin
Paul Devlin
Affiliation:
United States Merchant Marine Academy, New York
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Summary

Ellison served as a cook and baker in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II, visited Wales and France, and was a member of the National Maritime Union. This marks a critical turning point in his life and career. This paper considers those experiences as an important context for his life and work. All of his subsequent fiction and some significant nonfiction was informed by and reflects this experience to some extent.

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Ralph EllisonU.S. Merchant MarineNational Maritime Unionorganized labormaritime studies
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Ralph Ellison in Context , pp. 55 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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