An edition of Red water
(1968)
Red water
by Robert Edmond Alter
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Shanghaied aboard a whaling ship in 1820, seventeen-year-old Jess grows to maturity at sea and eventually becomes captain of the vessel whose crew had kidnapped him.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
1 You've Sailed Into Luck This Day.
11
2 Decided to Grow Sea Legs After All, Did You.
22
3 The Devil Is Laying Eggs.
33
4 A Dead Whale Or A Stove Boat.
42
5 I Can't Run Away From It.
61
6 A Mean Creature Is An Ironed Spermaceti.
76
7 Who Needs A Crew When There's No Ship?.
94
8 We'll Kill till We've a Full Hold of Sperm!.
109
9 The Dead go OVerside.
124
10 It Ain't Nice But It Can't Be Helped.
141
11 How Many Miles To Antarctica?.
154
12 Mutiny's the Word.
166
13 Come Aboard, Mr. Hanna.
178
14 Drowning Is Too Quick A Death.
186
15 Tirara--It Is Finished.
197
16 Only One More Day, Me Johnny.
208
Glossary of Sea Terms \ 215
Glossary of Pidgin English.
221
Author's Note.
223
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| August 12, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | normalize LCCNs |
| June 29, 2011 | Edited by L. Willi | Edited without comment. |
| June 29, 2011 | Edited by L. Willi | Added new cover |
| June 29, 2011 | Created by L. Willi | Added new book. |