A good example of the so-called petticoat whaler, the Captain’s wife. This is a fairly calm memoir with some observations about the business of whaling, and frequent reference to books, newspapers, and letters but seldom with any reading details.
The Journal of Annie Holes Ricketson on the Whaleship A. R. Tucker, 1871-1874.
Ricketson, Annie Holmes. From the Original in the Kendall Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1958.
- 1871-74 American Whaling Expedition to Indian Ocean (aboard A. R. Tucker).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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The Journal of Annie Holmes Ricketson on the Whaleship A. R. Tucker, 1871-1874. (
Ricketson, Annie Holmes. New Bedford, MA: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1958).
- 1871-74 American Whaling Expedition to Indian Ocean (aboard A. R. Tucker).
- Maritime Reading
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One of the honeymoon voyages, complete with child born in Fayal, and dead within a day, then rounding the Cape of Good Hope, sailing 3500 miles to Australia, and two years cruising in the Molucca Passage. The voyage ended after four months cruising in the mid-Atlantic to bring back a full cargo of whale oil. Ricketson took two more voyages. She is a reader but as so often in women’s journals mentions no titles.
The Journal of Annie Holmes Ricketson on the Whaleship A. R. Tucker, 1871-1874: from the Original in the Kendall Whaling Museum.
Ricketson, Annie Holmes. (New Bedford, MA: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1958).
- Whalemen's Reading
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A good example of the so-called petticoat whaler, the Captain’s wife., aboard the whaler A.R. Tucker. This is a fairly calm memoir with some observations about the business of whaling, and frequent reference to books, newspapers, and letters but seldom with any reading details.