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Synopsis
The popular novel Moby-Dick first spurred young and old alike to romanticize the whaling industry. Author Herman Melville wrote his story based on the exploits of the Essex whaleship, and he documented his travels aboard the Acushnet, which departed from a Massachusetts whaling port. In the early 1700s, Massachusetts residents caught whales from the shore before embarking on offshore voyages for several weeks. Later, these trips would extend over many years, bringing home an average of 1,500 barrels of whale oil and thousands of pounds of whalebone in the 1800s. New Bedford and Nantucket were the founding towns for the whaling industry, but little known are the other Massachusetts towns that sent out whalers, built the ships, and outfitted them. Essex, Mattapoisett, and Falmouth were shipbuilding communities; Fairhaven began as a whaling town but quickly took to outfitting whalers; Gloucester made the yellow slickers that were rubbed with sperm whale oil to waterproof them; and Provincetown and Boston were among the many ports that sent out whaling ships.
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About the Author
Gioia Dimock has worked as an archivist and consultant for the Bourne Town Archives and as a member of the Bourne Historical Commission for many years. She is also the author of Images of America: Bourne.
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- PublisherArcadia Publishing
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 146711622X
- ISBN 13 9781467116220
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages128
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