Antebellum at Sea: Maritime Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century America

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ANTEBELLUM AT SEA Antebellum at Sea . . . . Maritime Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century America Jason Berger University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Portions of chapter 1 and the Introduction were previously published as “Antebellum Fantasies of the Common Sailor; or, Enjoying the Knowing Jack Tar,” Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts 51, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 29–61. Copyright 2009 Wayne State University Press; published with the permission of Wayne State University Press. Portions of chapter 2 were previously published as “Killing Tom Coffin: Rethinking the Nationalist Narrative in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Pilot,” Early American Literature 43, no. 3 (November 2008): 643–70. An earlier version of chapter 5 was previously published as “The Crater and the Master’s Reign: Cooper’s ‘Floating Imperium,’” The James Fenimore Cooper Society Miscellaneous Papers 27 (2010): 7–10. Frontispiece: W. D. Hammond, Sea chest, 1996. Oil on wood. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery Acquisitions Trust, 1998. Copyright 2012 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berger, Jason. Antebellum at sea : maritime fantasies in nineteenth-century America / Jason Berger. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-7706-1 (hc : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8166-7707-8 (pb : acid-free paper) 1. Sea stories, American—History and criticism. 2. American literature— 19th century—History and criticism. 3. Seafaring life in literature. 4. National characteristics, American, in literature. I. Title. PS217.S4B54 2012 810.9'32—dc23 2012027703 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Sarah and Jonah This page intentionally left blank ...