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These are the stories, the legends, the tales which, in the oral tradition, form the lore of the sea by which people live and have lived for generations, the lore still current among the folk of the English speaking world.
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A superb account of the traditions and legends of the people who live by the sea; their beliefs and superstitions about boatbuilding, the weather, creatures real and legendary, the ghosts and saints and demons that surround and influence their lives.
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Author Horace Beck, a former professor of American Literature at Middlebury College in Vermont, has been gathering the sea's folklore for many years in Europe.
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- PublisherThe Marine Historical Association
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0819540625
- ISBN 13 9780819540621
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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