Petticoat Whalers
Subtitle: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781584651598
Subjects: Fisheries & related industries; Women's studies; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Sailing - Narratives; History - General History; Sociology; Women's Studies - General; General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History; Seafaring life; Whalers' spouses
Description: "Joan Druett offers an informed and accessible account of little-known stories of wives of whaling captains who accompanied their husbands on long and arduous journeys to bring whale oil and blubber to New England and the United States. Surprisingly, by 1850 roughly a sixth of all whaling vessels carried the captains' wives.

Invariably the only woman aboard very cramped ships, they endured harsh conditions to provide companionship for their husbands, and often exerted a strong unofficial moral influence on a rowdy crew. Joan Druett provides captivating portraits of many of these wives and the difficult circumstances they endured."--BOOK JACKET.