The Sea-Hunters: The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries, 1635-1835

510 pp. Illustrated with many maps and prints of the period. From old log and account books and journals, Edouard A. Stackpole has pieced together the dramatic adventures of American whalers. It offers the first detailed history of the development of American whaling yet written for the period 1635 to 1835, and a full account of the transition of the whaling industry from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812. - jacket