Bluejackets in the Blubber Room: A Biography of the William Badger,1828-1865

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Bluejackets in the BluBBer room ! ! ! ! ! ! ! New Orleans Wilmington Beaufort Boston New Bedford Portsmouth Lynn Hampton Roads LA MS AL GA FL SC NC VA OH PA MD DE NJ NY ME NH VT MA CT RI AT L A N T I C O C E A N G U L F O F M E X I C O N Bluejackets in the BluBBer room A BiogrAphy of the William Badger, 1828–1865 Peter kurtz the university of alaBama Press Tuscaloosa copyright © 2013 The university of alabama Press tuscaloosa, alabama 35487-0380 all rights reserved manufactured in the united states of america typeface: caslon cover photograph: William Badger, painting by clement Drew, circa 1830s–40s; courtesy of the new Bedford Whaling museum. cover design: michele myatt Quinn ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of american national standard for information sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed library materials, ansi z39.48-1984. library of congress cataloging-in-Publication Data kurtz, Peter, 1958Bluejackets in the blubber room : a biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865 / Peter kurtz. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8173-1779-9 (trade cloth : alk. paper) — isBn 978-0-8173-8645-0 (ebook) 1. William Badger (ship) 2. Whaling ships—new england. 3. Whaling—history—19th century. 4. merchant ships—united states. 5. united states—history—civil War, 18611865 —naval operations. 6. Beaufort (n.c.)—history, naval. i.title. vm465.k87 2013 973.7'58—dc23 2012024178 Dedicated to my father, richard langdon kurtz, for being my mentor and for our mutual love of history; and to my mother, nancie kurtz, for her love and encouragement ...