Folklore and the Sea (Maritime)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0913372366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Melissa Andavzo said great book. Son in law enjoys this book. "Yo, Ho, Me Hearty" according to Jason S. Taylor. This is a book devoted to the study of nautical folklore. It gives such things as superstitions, colorful tales, ship naming customs, songs and the like and much of the folklore of the sailors life. It is told by an author who appears in his photo like and has the personality of, exactly the person who should be dealing with the subject, a retired old salt at a seaside inn and so on. If he ever actually does tell stories at an inn, I would not find. DJ Reviews said Lots of Fun!. This is a really fun book. It gives you a lot of history, verbatum stories by the "old folks" who really believe these superstitions, and lots of good info on pirates, mermaids, superstitions and customs, and the like. I thought it might be a dry tome since it is so big but its not, if you like history and learning about cultural differences. It is not humorous but written in a light style so it doesn't get boring. Plus you can pick it up and open
. 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
Horace Beck, a former professor of American Literature at Middlebury College, has been gathering the sea's folklore for 70 years in Europe, North America, and the West Indies. Library Journal called Folklore and the Sea "a browser's delight as well as a researcher's gold mine.". This collection of legends, songs, superstitions, and stories, both true and apocryphal includes spectral ships, mermaids and mermen, pirates, sea language, sea monsters, navigation and weather lore, names on sea and shore, and much more
-- Dolphin Book Club NewsThis beautifully produced and comprehensive volume should be in any large folklore or maritime collection. -- OceansScholarship is present throughout the book and plenty of it and Professor Beck has done this superbly well. -- Library Journal. Everything you always wanted to know about sea lore but didn't know were to ask