Book/Printed Material Chasing the bowhead,

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  • Image 1 of Chasing the bowhead,
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 8 of Chasing the bowhead, From a painting by Arthur Freedlander CAPTAIN HARTSON H BODFISH
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 9 of Chasing the bowhead, THE BOWHEAD CAPTAIN HARTSON H BODFISH W V AND Recorded for him by JOSEPH C ALLEN CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1936 С o Ѣ
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 10 of Chasing the bowhead, PRINTED AT THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE MASS USACOPYRIGHT 1936 BY THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE Bt Р г
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 11 of Chasing the bowhead, FOREWORD The whaling industry is indissolubly linked with the history of America The great fleet of ships from New Eng land ports sailed every sea of the world in the momentous days…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 13 of Chasing the bowhead, INTRODUCTIONCaptain Hartson H Bodfish of Vineyard Haven is one of the few remaining master mariners who brought fame to Marthas Vineyard Nantucket New Bedford and San Francisco during the whaling epoch Sought…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 14 of Chasing the bowhead, vin INTRODUCTIONtion upon the various subjects necessary to the success of an Arctic whaleman he not only achieved the reputation of being the greatest whaleman of the Arctic but Sur geon of…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 15 of Chasing the bowhead, INTRODUCTION ix for half a normal lifetime Today in his seventysecond year but with erect form and unfailing faculties Captain Bodfish looks back upon those thrilling years with glad ness in his…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 19 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD The lay of the land and general aspect of the village of West Tisbury on Marthas Vineyard have not greatly changed in threequarters of a century A very few…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 20 of Chasing the bowhead, 4 CHASING THE BOWHEAD are common today You notice I said we didnt have them I didnt say enjoy Personally I doubt if we should have enjoyed many of them if we…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 21 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 5 dropped right inside where we took the bundled fleeces and stowed them walking around on the growing pile and jamming them down as hard as possible What a…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 22 of Chasing the bowhead, 6 CHASING THE BOWHEAD bird there was no second chance And if you didn t get more than one with a shot it might be a long wait for the second And…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 23 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 7 just as I was sort of collecting my wits a neighbor drove along and asked Did he hurt you sonny I never for got it ARMY DRILL AT…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 24 of Chasing the bowhead, 8 CHASING THE BOWHEAD turn out in the morning at two and three oclock partly because the rats would fight harder to get away after day light and hawks and crows would…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 25 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 9 up especially when the gang began to torment him about the way he had been stung I mentioned that this fruit was a luxury It was so with…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 26 of Chasing the bowhead, 10 CHASING THE BOWHEAD I can remember a deputy sheriff arriving and riding down on Flat Point on his horse to look for the burglars I was up on the roof of…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 27 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 11 Squibnocket where the old Bass Club was at the height of its fame Twelve members all men of wealth had estab lished this club and equipped the place…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 28 of Chasing the bowhead, 12 CHASING THE BOWHEAD of my time were more or less obliged to turn their hand to anything and everything I never had a thought of going whaling Captain Man ter had…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 29 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 13 Three of us boys from the Vineyard shipped to sail on that voyage and five Dartmouth boys We eight were the only Yankees in the focastle We sailed…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 30 of Chasing the bowhead, 14 CHASING THE BOWHEAD There were several merchant ships in sight at the time When we were almost upon the whales one of those ships sailed right through the school Every whale…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 31 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 15 to paint the foreandaft wire stays I sat in a bosuns chair slung to a hank on the stay and lowered myself down with the halliards This wasnt…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 32 of Chasing the bowhead, 16 CHASING THE BOWHEAD self out we got steam up and steamed out of there We went fishing and ran into Juan Fernandez for water and beef This was the first time…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 33 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 17 gave Captain Manter three barrels of sweet potatoes which were stowed in the boobyhatch It wasnt long be fore some of the men who didnt have any were…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 34 of Chasing the bowhead, 18 CHASING THE BOWHEAD the police would drive us back After we had had our shore liberty we returned to Honolulu There we picked up Captain Leander Owen of Vineyard Haven who…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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  • Image 35 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 19 dartingguns and bombguns using the latter to kill the whales after they were struck For this reason the ordi nary incident of striking and killing a whale in…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 36 of Chasing the bowhead, 20 CHASING THE BOWHEAD large plugs and I had two of these in my hip pockets as I worked One of the native men noticed them and when the opportunity came he…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 37 of Chasing the bowhead, CHASING THE BOWHEAD 21 and went overboard A Sharps 4570 the regular buffalo gun was the weapon used Each boat carried two when walrus hunting When one got too hot to handle…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
    • Date: 1936-01-01
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  • Image 38 of Chasing the bowhead, Л22 CHASING THE BOWHEAD that I struck my first whale while Captain Manter was dis abled through an accident His Eskimo boat steerer took charge of the boat steering me on and…
    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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    • Contributor: Allen, Joseph C. - Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
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Title

  • Chasing the bowhead,

Names

  • Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)
  • Allen, Joseph C.

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1936.

Headings

  • -  Whaling--Arctic regions
  • -  Arctic regions

Notes

  • -  images not viewed; td12 2010-10-19

Medium

  • ix, 281 p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • SH381 .B6

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  • 36018677

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Bodfish, Hartson H, and Joseph C Allen. Chasing the Bowhead. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1936. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/36018677/.

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Bodfish, H. H. & Allen, J. C. (1936) Chasing the Bowhead. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/36018677/.

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Bodfish, Hartson H, and Joseph C Allen. Chasing the Bowhead. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1936. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/36018677/>.