Young Men and the Sea - Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail : Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail

Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(6) Landsmen on the Water: New England, 1620--1645 7(18) Salem's First Mariners, 1645--1690 25(36) The Eighteenth Century: Sailors at Sea 61(35) The Eighteenth Century: Sailors' Careers 96(35) The Eighteenth Century: Maritime Society Ashore 131(32) The Nineteenth Century 163(51) Mastery and the Maritime Law 214(34) Conclusion 248(5) Appendix A: Primary Sources 253(6) Appendix B: Graphs 259(13) Appendix C: Ship's Logs 272(3) Notes 275(44) Index 319