Title: To swear like a sailor :
Authors: Gilje, Paul A.,
Date: 2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Physical description: xviii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: To swear like a sailor -- The language of Jack Tar -- The logbook of memory -- Spinning yarns -- Songs of the sailorman -- The pirates own book -- Tar-stained images -- Epilogue: the sea chest.
Subject headings (LCSH): Sailors--Language.; Sailors--United States--Social conditions.; Sailors--United States--Social life and customs.; Seafaring life--United States--History--18th century.; Seafaring life--United States--History--19th century.