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1.  Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale / Sleeper, John Sherburne
   cargoes; and sundry small schooners, called "droghers," manned by blacks, nearly naked, were sailing ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Sleeper, John Sherburne
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   • subject(s) - brig; captain; schooner; crew; deck; vessel; mate; captain moncrieff; deck; brig; captain; mate; captain moncrieff; schooner; crew; vessel;
   • title - Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
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2.  Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast / Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
   seamen, who had been brought in, conversing of a schooner that was on the point of leaving Halifax ... opportunity to effect my purpose, and I went from the market, itself, down to the schooner. The mate  details...
   • creator(s) - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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   • subject(s) - schooner; brig; ship; captain; board; vessel; craft; mate; boat; jack mallet; jack mallet; craft; boat; board; schooner; ship; brig; captain; vessel; mate;
   • title - Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast
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3.  Little Blue Book # 1169 / London, Jack, 1876-1916
   the Japanese coast north to Bering Sea. The other vessels were two-masted schooners, but she was a three-master and the largest in the fleet. In fact, she was a full-rigged, three-topmast schooner, newly built. Although Chris ...  details...
   • creator(s) - London, Jack, 1876-1916
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   • subject(s) - spillane; alf; chris; jerry; schooner; bub; sophie sutherland; cable; jib; sen; car; mary thomas; aboard; sophie; boat; deck; lieutenant; der; sutherland; sea; der; sophie; deck; sutherland; sophie sutherland; alf; cable; bub; aboard; spillane; jerry; boat; sea; car; schooner; jib; lieutenant; chris; sen; mary thomas;
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4.  Dutch Courage and Other Stories / London, Jack, 1876-1916
   . At the age of seventeen he had returned from his deep-water voyage in the sealing schooner _Sophie Sutherland ... the jib over to windward and run down the foresail!" And so was our schooner _Sophie Sutherland_ hove  details...
   • creator(s) - London, Jack, 1876-1916
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   • subject(s) - wemple; drexel; miss drexel; spillane; gus; alf; jerry; davies; chris; schooner; bub; sophie sutherland; car; cable; aboard; hazard; boat; wemple; drexel; davies; sophie sutherland; alf; cable; gus; bub; aboard; spillane; hazard; jerry; boat; car; schooner; miss drexel; chris;
   • title - Dutch Courage and Other Stories
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5.  The sea lions : or, the lost sealers / by J. Fenimore Cooper / Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
   . This was a schooner that had been recently launched, and which had advanced no farther in THE SEA LIONS I ... -whaling, but who had also been a-sealing, and who at that moment was on board the deacon's schooner, in the capacity  details...
   • creator(s) - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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   • publisher - New York : John W. Lovell,, [18--?]
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   • subject(s) - roswell; daggett; afloat; schooner; roswell gardiner; deacon; lucy; rupert; gardiner; ashore; marble; oyster pond; sea lions; captain; captain daggett; deacon; roswell; afloat; marble; rupert; captain; oyster pond; lucy; sea lions; captain daggett; daggett; gardiner; roswell gardiner; ashore; schooner;
   • title - The sea lions : or, the lost sealers / by J. Fenimore Cooper
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6.  Moran of the Lady Letty / Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
   he took in the scene. The blue waters of the bay around him, the deck of a schooner on which he stood ... . Wilbur stood in the waist of a schooner anchored in the stream well off Fisherman's wharf  details...
   • creator(s) - Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
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   • subject(s) - wilbur; moran; kitchell; bertha millner; schooner; charlie; beach; ross wilbur; magdalena bay; lady letty; exclaimed wilbur; miss herrick; exclaimed moran; wilbur looked; ross wilbur; wilbur looked; kitchell; bertha millner; exclaimed moran; exclaimed wilbur; wilbur; beach; miss herrick; charlie; moran; magdalena bay; schooner; lady letty;
   • title - Moran of the Lady Letty
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7.  The Mystery /
   . THE ACHIEVEMENT X. THE DOOM ILLUSTRATIONS "And you know a heap too much" A schooner comporting ... customer, too." "What was she?" asked Ives. "The _Caroline Lemp_, three-masted schooner. Anyone know  details...
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   • subject(s) - trendon; darrow; handy solomon; barnett; captain selover; selover; slade; percy darrow; captain parkinson; parkinson; solomon; captain; handy; laughing lass; nigger; schooner; lass; percy; aboard; deck; billy edwards; crew; beach; cave; percy darrow; parkinson; cave; deck; nigger; barnett; lass; captain; handy solomon; aboard; solomon; handy; beach; percy; captain parkinson; trendon; laughing lass; selover; billy edwards; schooner; crew; slade; darrow; captain selover;
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8.  Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific / Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
   . CHAPTER I. The Schooner CHAPTER II. Bumpus is Fiery and Philosophical--Murderous Designs ... -WOOD TRADER. CHAPTER I. THE SCHOONER. The great Pacific is the scene of our story. On a beautiful  details...
   • creator(s) - Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
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   • subject(s) - gascoyne; bumpus; corrie; poopy; thorwald; alice; montague; john bumpus; pirate; schooner; henry; olivine edges; mason; stuart; sandy cove; dick; replied gascoyne; bumpus; alice; pirate; henry; olivine edges; sandy cove; replied gascoyne; john bumpus; corrie; montague; stuart; gascoyne; thorwald; dick; poopy; schooner; mason;
   • title - Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific
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9.  South Sea Tales / London, Jack, 1876-1916
   . On the bottom of the huge and glassy lagoon was much pearl shell, and from the deck of the schooner, across ... a trading schooner. With a favoring breeze cutters could win in through the tortuous and shallow channel  details...
   • creator(s) - London, Jack, 1876-1916
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   • subject(s) - mccoy; mauki; mapuhi; captain davenport; otoo; fella; davenport; john starhurst; bertie; lagoon; captain; schooner; canoe; mate; pearl; captain hansen; deck; captain lynch; captain hansen; otoo; deck; mauki; canoe; bertie; captain lynch; captain; captain davenport; davenport; mate; lagoon; mccoy; john starhurst; fella; schooner; pearl; mapuhi;
   • title - South Sea Tales
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10.  The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors / Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925
    of the Maine coast where the shapely wooden schooners are fashioned. The blacksmith, the rigger, the calker ... along shore, and the colonial Yankee therefore evolved the schooner with her flat fore-and-aft sails  details...
    • creator(s) - Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925
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    • subject(s) - clipper; salem; seamen; ships; american; captain; yankee; ship; schooner; vessels; merchant marine; afloat; amasa delano; trade; british; packet; cargo; marine; crew; atlantic; sailors; voyage; merchant; boston; boston; cargo; seamen; merchant; clipper; ships; yankee; voyage; merchant marine; marine; afloat; british; packet; vessels; amasa delano; sailors; trade; schooner; salem; ship; crew; captain; atlantic; american;
    • title - The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors
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