This is apparently the first known journal of a whaleman’s wife written aboard ship. She obviously does a great deal of reading aboard ship but gives little detail of what she read or thought about it. Much of her journeys were not in the Arctic.
“‘She Was a Sister Sailor’: The Whaling Journals of Mary Brewster, 1845-1851.
Brewster, Mary. Edited by Joan Druett. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1992.
- Whalemen's Reading
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“’She Was a Sister Sailor’: The Whaling Journals of Mary Brewster, 1845-1851.
Brewster, Mary. Edited by Joan Druett. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1992.
- Maritime Reading
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This is apparently the first known journal of a whaleman’s wife aboard ship. Brewster obviously does a great deal of reading aboard ship but gives little detail or what she read or thought about it.