Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail

by Vince Walsh and Daniel Vickers

Book Overview

Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier.

Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier Westward expansion has been the great narrative of the first two centuries of American history, but as historian Daniel Vickers demonstrates here, the horizon extended in all directions. For those who lived along the Atlantic coast, it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300123663
• ISBN13: 9780300123661
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9"