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Newfoundland seal hunt. Great Lakes commercial fishing. Soo Canal construction. North Atlantic whaling ... For free catalogue: Research Publications, Parks Service, Environment Canada, 1600 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OH3
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sadistic minions of merchant capitalism who walked the quarterdeck. In striking down Morison's romantic hero, the authoritarian sea captain, Rediker offers us a hero of his own, the anarchical pirate, and readers forced to choose may find themselves in that most unenviable of all positions-"between the devil and the deep blue sea." BENJAMIN LABAREE Dr. Labaree is active in the WilliamsMystic Program in American Maritime Studies. His review is reprintedfrom the newsletter of the North American Society for Oceanic History, Winter 1989.
William H. Webb, Shipbuilder, Edwin L. Dunbaugh and William du Barry Thomas (Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, Glen Cove NY, 1989, 23lp, illus, $35.00hb) "The very first naval architect in this country," the New York Herald called him, in a tribute reflecting the general opinion of mid-nineteenth century shipping people. This man of dedicated modesty, this William H. Webb, whose story is so well told here-this "affable and interesting talker," this "genial companion," as another newspaper reporter described him-earned that title of "first" by sheer performance. And what a time to be first in! Willirun Webb was born into pre-industrial America, and served out his youth in a New York familial apprenticeship that a medieval shipbuilder would have been at home in. He went on to build his own flash packets, working for his father's friend Marshall, of the famous Black Ball Line, and some of the most renowned of the American clippers, and the big steamers that bested the clippers in the California trade, which went on to carry the American flag across the Pacific to China. These were the glory days of the American flag at sea, and to be first meant to be at the cutting edge of the young American republic's growing prosperity and power. To be a leader in shipping was to be a leader in America-and certainly in New York, America's leading seaport, where Webb grew up, launched his history-making ships, and died. Before his life ended, both political parties had asked him to stand for Mayor of New York. Unlike his colleague, the shipping magnate W.R. Grace, he declined the honor. He had other things to do, things he knew how to do, really, better than anyone else. SEA HISTORY 53, SPRING 1990