Herman Melville's Whaling Years

Contents

Contents List of Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Editors’ Preface xv Author’s Introduction xxiii 1 Merry Christmas 1 2 The Acushnet and Her Owners 15 3 Captain Valentine Pease, Jr. 18 4 Ship’s Company 25 5 The Agreement and the Law 31 6 All Astir 37 7 On Passage 43 8 There She Blows 50 9 Rio, the Horn, and the In-Shore Ground 59 10 Santa 69 11 The Off-Shore Ground 73 12 A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat 82 13 Enchanted Isles 90 14 Tumbez and More Cruising 106 15 Authentic Eden in a Pagan Sea 126 16 Jimmy and Toby 144 17 The Troublesome Crew of the Lucy Ann 158 18 Nantucket Whaler 176 19 Lahaina and Honolulu 187 20 Mutiny, Mayhem, and the Town-Ho 194 Appendix i: Toby Greene 207 Appendix ii: The Marquesas 221 Appendix iii: Oil from Whales 231 Notes 241 Bibliography 297 Index 309 ...